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505 0 a| Introduction : The surge, the leap, and the great fall : sectarianism and nationalism during the al-Maliki government, 2006-2010 / Reidar Visser -- Part I : The counterinsurgency years. Chapter one : before counterinsurgency. Post-2005 provincial election terrorist trends in Iraq / Mahan Abedin -- Foreign involvement in the Iraqi insurgency ; Terrorism and complex warfare in Iraq / Ahmed Hasim -- Anbar province and emerging trends in the Iraqi insurgency ; Assessing the impact of Iraq's 2005 parliamentary election on the insurgency / Mahan Abedin -- Chapter two : evolving trends and insurgent groups. Divisions within the Iraqi insurgency / Lydia Khalil -- Al-Qaeda and Iraq : too soon to declare victory / Michael Scheuer -- Sufi insurgents groups in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Uncertainty facing Iraq's awakening movement puts U.S. strategy at risk / Ramzy Mardini -- Mergers and acquisitions within the Iraqi insurgency / Pascale Combelles Siegel -- Iran charged with infiltration and sabotage of Iraq's Awakening Councils / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Kurdish Islamist groups in northern Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Iraq's Islamic Mujahideen profiled by jihadi websites (Two parts) / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Al-Awda Party and the Ba'athist dream of return in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Chapter three : insurgent tactics and methods. Jihadi website advices Mujahideen on equipment to bring to Iraq / Erich Marquardt -- Al-Qaeda adapts its methods in Iraq as part of a global strategy; Al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq turns to YouTube ; Iraqi jihadi offers online lessons on ambush techniques ; Al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq absorbing fighters from other Jihadist groups ; Jihad wants you : al-Qaeda seeks skilled recruits in Iraq ; Islamic state of Iraq gives advice on infiltration routes into Iraq ; Jihadi forums detail tactical use of silenced weapons in Iraq ; Ex-Ba'athists turn to Naqshbandi Sufis to legitimize insurgency / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Persuading the uncertain and punishing the recalcitrant : al-Qaeda seeks to absorb Iraq's Awakening Councils / Murad Batal al-Shishani / Insurgent attacks on the Iraqi energy sector / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Islamic state of Iraq brings Internet propaganda to the streets / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Chapter four : faces of the insurgency. A profile of al-Qaeda's new leader in Iraq : Abu Ayyub al-Masri / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- The Shi'a Zarqawi : a profile of Abu Deraa ; Harith al-Dhari : Iraq's most wanted Sunni leader / Lydia Khalil -- Becoming an ayatollah : the new Iraqi politics of Muqtada al-Sadr / Babak Rahimi -- Reviving the Iraqi Ba'ath : a profile of General Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmad / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- The Abu Omar al-Baghdadi tapes : supposedly imprisoned Islamist claims he still leads fight against U.S. occupation / Andrew McGregor -- Muqtada al-Sadr's radical rival : a portrait of Qais al-Khaz'ali / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Part II : Iraq's north and south. Chapter five : the security scene in southern Iraq. Understanding the roots of the Shi'a insurgency in Iraq / Ahmed Hashim -- The Sadr-Sistani relationship ; Shi'a power struggle unfolds in Diwaniya ; A Shi'a storm looms on the horizon : Sadr and ISCI relations ; The militia politics of Basra / Babak Rahimi -- The surge, the Shi'a, and nation building in Iraq / Reidar Visser -- The Hakim-Sadr pact : a new era in Shi'a politics? ; What directions for the Jaysh al-Mahdi after the Basra offensive? / Babak Rahimi -- Iraqi Shi'a factionalism and Iran's role in the Basra fighting / Reidar Visser -- Confronting the Sadrists : the issue of state and militia in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- The Mumahidun : Muqtada al-Sadr's new militia ; In the aftermath of Iraq's 2009 provincial elections : Shi'a militancy takes a blow from Nouri al-Maliki's mainstream / Babak Rahimi -- Chapter six : Iraq's dangerous Kurdish-Arab rivalry. Strategic implications for Northern Iraq's Kurdish oil industry / Lydia Khalil -- Iraqi military operation in Diyala province risks renewal of Kurdish-Arab conflict / Ramzy Mardini -- Arms shipment to the Kurds may be a sign of conflict between the KRG and Baghdad . Emrullah Uslu -- In the aftermath of Iraq's 2009 provincial elections : a dangerous year ahead for Iraqi Kurds / David Romano -- Rising Arab-Kurdish tensions over Kirkuk will complicate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq / Ramzy Mardini -- Challenges to U.S. proposal to pacify northern Iraq may lead to extended American military presence / Ramzy Mardini -- Iraq's security is Kurdistan's security : an interview with KRG intelligence chief Masrour Barzani / Wladimir van Wilgenburg -- Key to Iraqi stability lies in resolution of the conflicting interests of Kurds and Arabs / David Romano -- Part III : Iraq since the June 30, 2009 withdrawal. Chapter seven : a volatile security environment. Latest surge of violence in Iraq tests al-Maliki's government / Babak Rahimi -- The implications of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's death for Iraqi security / Babak Rahimi -- Iraqi insurgents take the offensive as parliamentary elections approach / Ramzy Mardini -- Diplomacy fails to defuse Iraqi anger over alleged Syrian role in Baghdad's "Bloody Wednesday" / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Al-Qaeda in Iraq operations suggest rising confidence ahead of U.S. military withdrawal / Ramzy Mardini -- No place like home : Iraq's refugee crisis threatens the future of Iraq / Rachel Schneller -- Chapter eight : insurgent strategies since U.S. withdrawal. Jihadis ask how the Mujahideen will control an Islamic state of Iraq / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Jihadis turn their eyes to Syria as a post-Iraq theater of operations / Murad Batal al-Shishani -- Jihadis debate methods of financing the Mujahideen network in Iraq / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Militant Iraqi nationalists struggle with approach to al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq / Pascale Combelles Siegel -- The changing strategic posture of Iraq's insurgents / Ramzy Mardini -- Chapter nine : the changing political landscape. The politics behind Iraq's second parliamentary election / Joel Wing -- Who speaks for the Shi'a of Iraq / Rachel Schneller.;

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Volatile landscape : Iraq and its insurgent movements / edited by Ramzy Mardini.

Other author	Mardini, Ramzy.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington, DC : The Jamestown Foundation, ©2010.
Description	323 pages : color map ; 23 cm
Subjects	Insurgency--Iraq. Iraq--History. --2003-.

Contents	Introduction : The surge, the leap, and the great fall : sectarianism and nationalism during the al-Maliki government, 2006-2010 / Reidar Visser -- Part I : The counterinsurgency years. Chapter one : before counterinsurgency. Post-2005 provincial election terrorist trends in Iraq / Mahan Abedin -- Foreign involvement in the Iraqi insurgency ; Terrorism and complex warfare in Iraq / Ahmed Hasim -- Anbar province and emerging trends in the Iraqi insurgency ; Assessing the impact of Iraq's 2005 parliamentary election on the insurgency / Mahan Abedin -- Chapter two : evolving trends and insurgent groups. Divisions within the Iraqi insurgency / Lydia Khalil -- Al-Qaeda and Iraq : too soon to declare victory / Michael Scheuer -- Sufi insurgents groups in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Uncertainty facing Iraq's awakening movement puts U.S. strategy at risk / Ramzy Mardini -- Mergers and acquisitions within the Iraqi insurgency / Pascale Combelles Siegel -- Iran charged with infiltration and sabotage of Iraq's Awakening Councils / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Kurdish Islamist groups in northern Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Iraq's Islamic Mujahideen profiled by jihadi websites (Two parts) / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Al-Awda Party and the Ba'athist dream of return in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Chapter three : insurgent tactics and methods. Jihadi website advices Mujahideen on equipment to bring to Iraq / Erich Marquardt -- Al-Qaeda adapts its methods in Iraq as part of a global strategy; Al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq turns to YouTube ; Iraqi jihadi offers online lessons on ambush techniques ; Al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq absorbing fighters from other Jihadist groups ; Jihad wants you : al-Qaeda seeks skilled recruits in Iraq ; Islamic state of Iraq gives advice on infiltration routes into Iraq ; Jihadi forums detail tactical use of silenced weapons in Iraq ; Ex-Ba'athists turn to Naqshbandi Sufis to legitimize insurgency / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Persuading the uncertain and punishing the recalcitrant : al-Qaeda seeks to absorb Iraq's Awakening Councils / Murad Batal al-Shishani / Insurgent attacks on the Iraqi energy sector / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Islamic state of Iraq brings Internet propaganda to the streets / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Chapter four : faces of the insurgency. A profile of al-Qaeda's new leader in Iraq : Abu Ayyub al-Masri / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- The Shi'a Zarqawi : a profile of Abu Deraa ; Harith al-Dhari : Iraq's most wanted Sunni leader / Lydia Khalil -- Becoming an ayatollah : the new Iraqi politics of Muqtada al-Sadr / Babak Rahimi -- Reviving the Iraqi Ba'ath : a profile of General Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmad / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- The Abu Omar al-Baghdadi tapes : supposedly imprisoned Islamist claims he still leads fight against U.S. occupation / Andrew McGregor -- Muqtada al-Sadr's radical rival : a portrait of Qais al-Khaz'ali / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Part II : Iraq's north and south. Chapter five : the security scene in southern Iraq. Understanding the roots of the Shi'a insurgency in Iraq / Ahmed Hashim -- The Sadr-Sistani relationship ; Shi'a power struggle unfolds in Diwaniya ; A Shi'a storm looms on the horizon : Sadr and ISCI relations ; The militia politics of Basra / Babak Rahimi -- The surge, the Shi'a, and nation building in Iraq / Reidar Visser -- The Hakim-Sadr pact : a new era in Shi'a politics? ; What directions for the Jaysh al-Mahdi after the Basra offensive? / Babak Rahimi -- Iraqi Shi'a factionalism and Iran's role in the Basra fighting / Reidar Visser -- Confronting the Sadrists : the issue of state and militia in Iraq / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- The Mumahidun : Muqtada al-Sadr's new militia ; In the aftermath of Iraq's 2009 provincial elections : Shi'a militancy takes a blow from Nouri al-Maliki's mainstream / Babak Rahimi -- Chapter six : Iraq's dangerous Kurdish-Arab rivalry. Strategic implications for Northern Iraq's Kurdish oil industry / Lydia Khalil -- Iraqi military operation in Diyala province risks renewal of Kurdish-Arab conflict / Ramzy Mardini -- Arms shipment to the Kurds may be a sign of conflict between the KRG and Baghdad . Emrullah Uslu -- In the aftermath of Iraq's 2009 provincial elections : a dangerous year ahead for Iraqi Kurds / David Romano -- Rising Arab-Kurdish tensions over Kirkuk will complicate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq / Ramzy Mardini -- Challenges to U.S. proposal to pacify northern Iraq may lead to extended American military presence / Ramzy Mardini -- Iraq's security is Kurdistan's security : an interview with KRG intelligence chief Masrour Barzani / Wladimir van Wilgenburg -- Key to Iraqi stability lies in resolution of the conflicting interests of Kurds and Arabs / David Romano -- Part III : Iraq since the June 30, 2009 withdrawal. Chapter seven : a volatile security environment. Latest surge of violence in Iraq tests al-Maliki's government / Babak Rahimi -- The implications of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's death for Iraqi security / Babak Rahimi -- Iraqi insurgents take the offensive as parliamentary elections approach / Ramzy Mardini -- Diplomacy fails to defuse Iraqi anger over alleged Syrian role in Baghdad's "Bloody Wednesday" / Rafid Fadhil Ali -- Al-Qaeda in Iraq operations suggest rising confidence ahead of U.S. military withdrawal / Ramzy Mardini -- No place like home : Iraq's refugee crisis threatens the future of Iraq / Rachel Schneller -- Chapter eight : insurgent strategies since U.S. withdrawal. Jihadis ask how the Mujahideen will control an Islamic state of Iraq / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Jihadis turn their eyes to Syria as a post-Iraq theater of operations / Murad Batal al-Shishani -- Jihadis debate methods of financing the Mujahideen network in Iraq / Abdul Hameed Bakier -- Militant Iraqi nationalists struggle with approach to al-Qaeda's Islamic state of Iraq / Pascale Combelles Siegel -- The changing strategic posture of Iraq's insurgents / Ramzy Mardini -- Chapter nine : the changing political landscape. The politics behind Iraq's second parliamentary election / Joel Wing -- Who speaks for the Shi'a of Iraq / Rachel Schneller.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780981690544
ISBN	0981690548

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