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Publications
The Second Iran-Iraq War
April 3, 2008 - Kimberly Kagan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraniraq.jpg?itok=9qGZ3Jj2)
Congress wanted Prime Minister Maliki to confront the militias. Now it needs to support him.
Iran and Al-Qaeda in Iraq: What’s the Connection?
March 20, 2008![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/alqaeda_1.jpg?itok=87XZJZTH)
This document contains articles, press releases, and Defense Department briefings from the last year that consider the nature of the relationship between Iran and al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The Growing Threat of Special Groups in Baghdad
March 6, 2008![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/baghdad_0.jpg?itok=elMaLnP3)
This Backgrounder details the recent increase in Special Groups violence in Baghdad.
Targeting the Diyala Suicide Bombing Network
March 6, 2008 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Hamilton%2520Diyala%2520Backgrounder%252024%2520Main.jpg?itok=lFH2sbxy)
This backgrounder details al-Qaeda in Iraq’s shift to suicide bombings and the operations to dismantle the Diyala suicide bombing network.
The Patton of Counterinsurgency
March 1, 2008 - Kimberly Kagan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/patton.jpg?itok=T54w6RWJ)
With a sequence of brilliant offensives, Raymond Odierno adapted the Petraeus doctrine into a successful operational art.
Sons of Iraq and Awakening Forces
February 21, 2008 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/SoI%2520photo.jpg?itok=y-YvPXjh)
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.
Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq, and Afghanistan
February 20, 2008 - Kimberly Kagan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/nh_2.jpg?itok=ueaaT3YS)
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.
Iraq Situation Report
February 8, 2008 - Kimberly Kagan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Sit%20Rep%20flash.jpg?itok=2xnWeV4B)
The Institute for the Study of War has created this situation report to document the developments in Iraq from January 2007 to December 2007.
Developments Fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq
January 29, 2008 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/dierno_0.jpg?itok=7cNs8TZi)
Over the last year, Coalition and Iraqi Forces made significant progress fighting al Qaeda in Iraq. This Backgrounder provides a brief summary of operations against al Qaeda in 2007.