2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4c: Iraq Moves Toward Civil War
Jan 31, 2013 - Anonymous2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4c: Iraq Moves Toward Civil War
January 26, 2013
By Marisa Sullivan
2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4c: Iraq Moves Toward Civil War
January 26, 2013
By Marisa Sullivan
January 31, 2013
The Iraqi Army’s fatal shooting of eight anti-government protesters in Fallujah on Friday, January 25, has increased fears that violence will escalate further.
Elizabeth O'Bagy talks to NPR's Deborah Amos about the Syrian Opposition
Mapping the Iraq Protests: Week 4
January 12 – January 17, 2013
By Sam Wyer
The recently announced accelerated shift to a "support role" in Afghanistan could become a guise to withdraw if "support" means just a few thousand counterterrorism forces and trainers.
Three thousand troops are not sufficient to keep even a single U.S. military base in Afghanistan after 2014. This report, released jointly with AEI's Critical Threats Project, describes how to calculate the force requirements for keeping one base in Afghanistan.
Protests heighten political crisis
By Sam Wyer and Marisa Sullivan
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, ISW welcomed Colonel Frank Donovan, Commander of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Captain Art Garcia, Commander, Amphibious Squadron, and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit after an 8 ½ month deployment.
These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.