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What the US has learned so far in Iraq The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Listing things done wrong in Iraq, one veteran US policymaker put it bluntly: Pentagon leaders ignored analyses that indicated they needed more troops to keep order. The military was slow to develop a clear plan to counter the insurgency. For too long, US generals kept assuming that the day when Iraqi troops would be able to stand on their own was just around the corner.
Advisers to Iraq group criticize its report International Herald Tribune
The military recommendations issued by the Iraq Study Group run counter to assessments made by some of its own military advisers.
Counter-Insurgency Footprint: Big vs Small Strategy Page
Recently a number of retired generals called on Donald Rumsfield to resign. Among their complaints was that we did not use enough troops in Iraq to put down the insurgency.
Bush, Blair: "New approach" needed on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News
President Bush said on Thursday a new strategy was required in Iraq but he would await further reviews beyond the scathing Iraq Study Group report before determining a new way forward.
Analysis: Report slams U.S. intel on Iraq Space War
by Shaun Waterman - UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Washington (UPI) Dec. 7 - The incoming chairman of the House intelligence committee is pledging hearings after the Baker-Hamilton report found weaknesses and deliberate distortions in U.S. intelligence about the situation in Iraq. U.S. military and intelligence agencies "have not invested sufficient people and resources to understand
War of snipers: Iraqis bone up on skills to counter insurgents World Tribune
BAGHDAD — The Iraq Army has launched an effort to improve its marksmanship against insurgency snipers. "More and more attacks by insurgents have been by snipers," an Iraqi instructor, identified only as Sgt. Naim, said. "Now we have the opportunity to send our soldiers out to defeat those threats."
Iraq group cites intelligence failures on violence Reuters via Yahoo! News
U.S. intelligence has failed to understand Iraq's Sunni insurgents and Shi'ite militias because of a lack of resources, language skills and experienced staff, a high-level panel said on Wednesday.
Six of 1,000 speak Arabic fluently at U.S. embassy in Iraq World Tribune
WASHINGTON — After more than three years in their country, the U.S. military still can't understand Iraqis. The Iraq Study Group said the lack of Arabic speakers has hurt U.S. intelligence collection and analysis.
US troops in Iraq suffer heavy toll, 11 killed ABS-CBNNEWS.com
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US forces in Iraq suffered one of their worst days on Wednesday, with 11 soldiers reported killed as a high-level panel in Washington said training of Iraqi forces should speed up so that US troops can withdraw.
Officers question Iraq policy Baltimore Sun
Some say deadline could spur Baghdad to needed security, political reforms Growing numbers of U.S. military officers have begun to privately question the conventional wisdom that has guided American strategy in Iraq for more than three years - that setting a hard deadline for troop reductions would strengthen the insurgency and undermine the effort to create a stable state.

Counter insurgency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As such, known counter-insurgency operations have often rested on a confused, Examples of this include the US anti-insurgency operation in Iraq,
The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
Will the counter-insurgency plan in Iraq repeat the mistakes of Vietnam? may be actively aiding the Sunni-led insurgency in Iraq—“pulling the strings on
Counter Insurgency: See what people are saying right now on Technorati
See all blog posts tagged with counter insurgency on Technorati. dismantling al Qaeda in Iraq Friday, 01 December 2006 Wearing new uniforms
Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq | Special reports
Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in aggressive counter-insurgency operations in Iraq, including the use of assassination squads against
International Crisis Group - In their Own Words: Reading the Iraqi
That it has survived, even thrived, despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned, suggests the limitations of the current counter-insurgency campaign.
Global Guerrillas: LONG TAIL COUNTER-INSURGENCY
The modern variant of the "long tail" can be seen in the force structure of the US counter-insurgency effort in Iraq. This new tail is composed of 120000
Iraq: From Liberation to Counter-Insurgency in Less Than 80 Days
Iraq: From Liberation to Counter-Insurgency in Less Than 80 Days. by Jim Lobe. It was just 45 days ago that President George W Bush, in a campaign-perfect
Gen. Pace's Alternative to the Iraq Study Group
One of the obvious shortcomings of the blue-ribbon panel, Iraq Study Group, is the reliance on politicians and Total Unique Visitors:. counter statistics.
Powell's Books - Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq by
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Best and worst practices to counter insurgency -DAWN
Sadly, in Iraq, the United States scores below 50 per cent on the first and above 50 per cent on the second. David Kilcullen's "Counter-insurgency Redux" counter+in+insurgency+insurgency+iraq: counter+in+insurgency+insurgency+iraq