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  • August 2008

    • Iraq Cracks Down on US-Allied Sunni Fighters

      New York Times  |  Aug 22, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Iraq Cracks Down on US-Allied Sunni Fighters

      (Newser) - Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has begun a crackdown on groups of US-backed Sunni fighters, the New York Times reports. The government fears the fighters, part of what is called the Awakening movement, could be waiting to turn their guns on Shiites. In several parts of the country senior members have been arrested in recent weeks, and hundreds of others, many of them on the US payroll, have been targeted. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq government  • Iraq Army  • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia  • Awakening Councils  • Diyala  • Iraqi militias  • Sunni insurgents  • counter insurgency  • Sunni allies

  • February 2008

    • General's Iraqi Shift Mirrors US Strategy

      Washington Post  |  Feb 16, 08 5:02 PM CST

      General's Iraqi Shift Mirrors US Strategy

      (Newser) - Gen Raymond Odierno stepped down from his post as the No. 2 general in Iraq this week, having evolved from a proponent of heavy-handed tactics to a believer in nonlethal methods to win favor with Iraqis and reduce violence, the Washington Post reports. In a lengthy profile of the so-called General O, the Post says his conversion in many ways mirrors the larger shift in strategy of the US military. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US military  • David Petraeus  • Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno  • counter insurgency

  • January 2008

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