The Anbar awakening
The United States and it allies in Iraq have embraced a tribal strategy to provide security and fight al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. This approach is not new. Saddam Hussein also sought to use tribal alliances to provide internal security. His experience, and that of the present-day Coalition, demonstrate...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2008
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Survival
Year: 2008, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 67-94 |
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B Iraq Intra-state conflict Religiöse Funktionsträger Militanter Islam Nationen- und Staatenbildung Governability / Unregierbarkeit Shi'ah Sunnites Geschichtlicher Überblick Settlement Husain, Saddam B Dschihadismus B Intra-state conflict B Religion B History B Militancy B Settlement B Islam B Sunnites B Shi'ah B Dignitaries B Governability B Iraq |
| Summary: | The United States and it allies in Iraq have embraced a tribal strategy to provide security and fight al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. This approach is not new. Saddam Hussein also sought to use tribal alliances to provide internal security. His experience, and that of the present-day Coalition, demonstrates the prospects and perils of using tribes to provide security. Tension exists between the United States' two main strategic goals of defeating al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia and building a democratic, unified Iraq. There is also the danger that Iraqi tribes will defect from the Coalition in future. (Survival / SWP) |
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| ISSN: | 0039-6338 |
| Contains: | In: Survival
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