Knights of Ameriya: Baghdad
September 11, 2007 - Institute for the Study of War
They call themselves Farsan Al Rafidayn, the Knights of the Two Rivers. And in Ameriya, a formerly wealthy district of western Baghdad, they have turned on al Qaeda,
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Publications
Baghdad Neighborhoods: Mansour
September 10, 2007 - Institute for the Study of War
Baghdad's Mansour district shows the competition between enemy groups for territory in Baghdad, the effect of the troop surge, and problems with Iraqi governance.
The Tide is Turning in Iraq (The Wall Street Journal)
September 9, 2007 - Kimberly Kagan
Operations and events on the ground are already showing successes well beyond Baghdad in Anbar, Diyala and Salah ad-Din provinces--formerly al-Qaeda strongholds and hotbeds of the Sunni insurgency.
Potemkin Story: Understanding the Dora Market (National Review Online)
September 5, 2007 - Kimberly Kagan
The Dora market is an amazing success story and a small part of the critically important success that U.S. forces have achieved in the heart of a neighborhood that had been one of AQI's strongholds.
Operations of the 6th Iraqi Army Division
September 5, 2007 - Institute for the Study of War
This is the first in a series of reports profiling the units of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. The units discussed here are located west and south of Baghdad.
Operation Phantom Strike Factsheet
August 30, 2007
Phantom Strike, a series of targeted joint operations against al Qaeda, Sunni, and Shi'a insurgent elements
in Baghdad and the surrounding areas, was launched on August 13, 2007.
Iran's Proxy War Against the United States and Iraq
August 29, 2007 - Kimberly Kagan
This Iraq Report describes lethal support provided by the Iranian government to Shi'a extremist organizations in Iraq.
Local Security: A Grassroots Effort
August 27, 2007 - Institute for the Study of War
What began in Anbar as a local movement of tribes is developing into a national phenomenon.
Operations of the 8th Iraqi Army Division
August 27, 2007 - Institute for the Study of War
The 8th Iraqi Army Division (IAD), commanded by Major General Othman Farhood, is based ninety miles southeast of Baghdad in Diwaniyah.
Moving Forward in Iraq (The Wall Street Journal)
July 11, 2007 - Kimberly Kagan
To say that the surge is failing is absurd. Instead Congress should be asking this question: Can the current progress continue?