A Newspaper Report on Iraq's Sunni Factions
Feb 26, 2008 - Institute for t...A summary of a report by Muhammad Abu Ramman on the various Sunni insurgent and "Awakening" factions which appeared in al-Hayat.
A summary of a report by Muhammad Abu Ramman on the various Sunni insurgent and "Awakening" factions which appeared in al-Hayat.
An operation to terminally disable the al-Qaeda in Iraq network in the area of Salman Pak southeast of Baghdad.
Sadr Extends Jaysh al-Mahdi "Freeze;" Political Bickering Holds Up Maliki's Efforts To Form a New Cabinet
Over the past year, Sons of Iraq groups and Awakening Forces have been instrumental in supporting Coalition and Iraqi Security Force attempts to deliver security to the Iraqi public.
Arabic News From Iraq: Sadrists Threaten to End Cease-Fire Agreement
by Nathaniel Rabkin
Sadrist Spokesmen Threaten to End Truce
The six month “freeze” or unilateral stand down of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia announced last August is set to expire this Friday. According to Sadrist spokesman Salah al-Ubaydi, the freeze will end unless Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr publicly announces an extension of it in the coming days. Ubaydi did not indicate whether he considered such an announcement likely or not.
In a new AEI report, ISW President Kimberly Kagan, Frederick W. Kagan, and Danielle Pletka present empirical evidence of Iranian activities in its immediate environs.
PowerPoint Presentation by Kimberly Kagan as part of the report, Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq, and Afghanistan at the American Enterprise Institute.
Notes from a Conference Call with Brigadier General Johnny Torrens-Spence, Deputy Commanding General, Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I)
Iraq Arabic News Summary, February 15, 2008
Summarized in English by Nathaniel Rabkin
Parliament Passes Laws on Amnesty, Provinces, and Budget in a Special Evening Session; Deputy Speaker: “a Wedding for Parliament”
In an extraordinary session held Wednesday night, Iraq’s Parliament approved the Budget for 2008, a law on provincial governments, and an amnesty for many prisoners held in Iraqi jails. The breakthrough came just before Parliament breaks for its winter recess.
The Institute for the Study of War has created this situation report to document the developments in Iraq from January 2007 to December 2007.