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The Return of the Zarqawists; our
#ISIS panel@NPS_Monterey w/@brianfishman@DouglasOllivant@VoteCaseyLucius p.50 https://globalecco.org/ctx-vol.-6-no.-1-february-2016 …
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
Most aged 20-30,
#IslamicState#FTF biggest contingents from#Tunisia &#SaudiArabia, then#Libya#Morocco &#Egypt http://abususu.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/an-analysis-of-3000-islamic-state-entry.html?m=1 … -
Who never changed their political world view: the IS movement. Although they did adjust their strategy to accent/accommodate tribes.
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Sources for book- senior Anbar sheikhs and US mil. Interesting part is how both US and sheikhs changes their view of each other - difficult
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In some cases, the early counter Sahwa campaign included the murder of entire families of certain Anbar tribal sheikhs.
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Killing 50 tribesmen. AQI followed this campaign with the assassination of key tribal sheikhs- a strategy that survived their 2008 defeat.
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The albu Mahal failed but the Anbar's People Committee was formed in late 2005 in Ramadi. In Jan '06 AQI hit their police recruiting center
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But first the sheikhs had to overcome their own revulsion at the early American anti-Sunni bias and clumsy COIN implementation.
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Best hope to defeat the IS movement that had attracted growing following of salafists and opportunists, as well as their own "gullible" ones
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Originally bewildered by American and Iraqi sponsorship of "Iranian" religious leaders, the Anbar sheikhs realized that the US was their
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by 2005 the albu Mahal tribal chief in al Qaim realized AQI's mission was to destroy the tribe, establish Islamic emirate. So they rose up.
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Current read- Confronting al Qaeda: The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy in al Anbar (2016).pic.twitter.com/SVgugIoSaX
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
Continuously baffled by disregard for Fallujah. City is now starving, while IS continues slaughtering residents http://bit.ly/1q81EAT
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
As weird & embarrassing for the US as Trump story is, the performance of Sanders is by far the most remarkable development of campaign '16
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
Good read: on Egyptian leader of 'Lions of Caliphate' that joined ISIS (late 2013): former youth democracy activist http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democracy-activist-who-became-a-suicide-bomber-1460048520 …
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
Reposting on 13th anniversary of Saddam's demise . Move on from Saddam already. Lamenting will achieve nothing. http://m.thenational.ae/opinion/nostalgia-for-the-saddam-era-is-thwarting-a-truly-united-iraq …
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
Army enlists first female infantry recruit http://owl.li/3dltK2
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
1st test of Spanish historical sensitivity in780yrs. My
#CordobaPrayer was aggressively aborted by guards.@Pontifexpic.twitter.com/0OCfE1SOH7
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Craig Whiteside followed George Whitesides and World War II History
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@WW2Facts
Amazing facts, photos, & more regarding all that was World War II. I do not own these photos - created by
@kipreiserer - ww2facts1@gmail.com#History#WW2#WWII
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Craig Whiteside Retweeted
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@LizSly's report from Asirya (&her tweets documenting the kids who died) is heartbreaking, important testimonyhttps://twitter.com/lizsly/status/718415131097620481 … -
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@CFR_org/3: security is like oxygen: when you have enough, you pay no attention; when you don't, you can think of nothing else
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