Iraq Situation Report: July 27, 2014
Jul 27, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
Significant ISIS attacks occurred in the north, west, and east of Iraq.
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Control of Terrain in Iraq: July 27, 2014
Jul 27, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
ISW is placing a watch on Hit as an area that ISIS likely desires to control.
Iraq Situation Report: July 26, 2014
Jul 26, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
ISIS efforts to control critical infrastructural like the Hamrin Dam is worrisome, as ISIS has previously utilized control over the Fallujah dam to counter the ISF and prevent water supplies from reaching southern Iraq.
Iraq Situation Report: July 25, 2014
Jul 25, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
Hundreds of members of Iraqi Shi’a militias and their supporters gathered in central Baghdad to participate in parades celebrating Quds Day, an Iranian-backed annual event expressing solidarity with Palestine.
How Will This War End?
The primary metric in war is attaining one’s strategic aims. In the post-9/11 war against al Qaeda and its affiliates, who is winning?
How Will This War End?
Jul 25, 2014 - Army Magazine - Lt. Gen. James M. DubikSource:
Army Magazine
Date Published:
2014-07-25 00:00:00
The primary metric in war is attaining one’s strategic aims. In the post-9/11 war against al Qaeda and its affiliates, who is winning? Both the U.S. and al Qaeda have done a lot of killing, but attrition alone is not decisive. The U.S. is now on its third strategy in this war. This strategy seems as unlikely to attain America’s strategic aims as the previous two.
Read More here: http://armymagazine.org/2014/07/16/how-will-this-war-end/
Iraq Situation Report: July 24, 2014
Jul 24, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
ISIS continued to deploy VBIEDs in hardened areas in Baghdad, this time in Karrada, central Baghdad, indicating both the capability and the intent to focus efforts on the Iraqi capital.
Iraq Situation Report: July 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
ISIS continued its campaign against Peshmerga-controlled terrain and infrastructure, gaining control of the Badush Dam, 20 km northwest of Mosul.
Control of Terrain in Iraq: July 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
On July 23, ISIS took control of the Badush dam (under construction) and nearby facilities northwest of Mosul after Peshmerga forces withdrew from the area.
Iraq Situation Report: July 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014 - Anonymous (not verified)
Iraqi Shi’a militias continue to escalate their campaign. The attacks in Basra are reminiscent of the killing of Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders in the city in November 2013 that ISW assessed to have been carried out by Iraqi Shi’a militias.