You know, the ones that have helped hold down the violence in recent months? Seems some of them are falling apart. And, you can guess what that means…
Much of the so-called success of the surge strategy in Iraq has had little to do with the escalation of troop levels by the Pentagon, and much to do with agreements between US forces and local Sunni tribes and former insurgents. These “Awakening Councils” have agreed to patrol their own districts and combat Al Qaeda in Iraq forces in exchange for arms, money and other support from the US military. In esssence, American troops let Sunnis fight Sunnis so they wouldn’t have to do so, reducing American deaths, even while [...]
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Middle East » Blog Archive » The Agreements in Iraq // February 10, 2008 at 2:50 am |
[...] nobody@flickr.com (latvian500) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMuch of the so-called success of the surge strategy in Iraq has had little to do with the escalation of troop levels by the Pentagon, and much to do with agreements between US forces and local Sunni tribes and former insurgents. … [...]