Posted in Iraq on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
This past Tuesday, the Department of Defense released its quarterly report to Congress, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq. The report documents the continuing decline in violence, but it also includes the results of a January Iraq-wide opinion poll, indicating a divergence of perception among Iraqis. Most Iraqis believe that while their [...]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Daniel Byman, Iraq, Qaeda, Terrorism on Mar 6th, 2008 No Comments »
From Daniel Byman
While it is far too early to say that the United States and its allies have permanently “crippled” Al Qaeda in Iraq (as claimed by some U.S. officials), clearly the terrorist organization has suffered grievous blows in the last year. Indeed, U.S. officials are so pleased they hope to use the “Anbar model” [...]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Maps, Terrorism, Turkey on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
On Thursday evening, Turkish forces entered northern Iraq to do battle with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari has called the move “a limited military incursion into a remote, isolated and uninhabited region.” According to various sources, there have been clashes in the Qandil mountains along the Iraqi-Iranian [...]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Maps on Feb 18th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
Here is the latest (January 17) map of trends in ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad, from the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I). The green areas are predominantly Shiite, the blue are mostly or predominantly Sunni, and the brown areas are closely mixed. The yellow-orange-red inflammation indicates “incidents where deaths occurred from any means that were [...]
Posted in Demography, Iraq, Maps, United Nations on Feb 17th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
This new map, prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), illustrates the disposition of Iraqi IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and refugees, as of last September. Click on the map to see it in larger (legible) size.
Posted in Books, Iraq, Kanan Makiya on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
From Kanan Makiya
Writing a book is a long and personal experience. If the experience of writing is genuine—when the writer wrestles with the world’s demons and reflects or refracts those demons through his or her writing—then a good book will invariably result. A book’s beauty comes from personal opinion.
MESH Pointers Latest Iraq Latest Iran Latest Levant New York Times Washington Post NPR
Posts+Comments
Posts+Comments
