Does anyone have a Sit Rep on the Al Qaida in Iraq uprising?

[new york kevin]

Does anyone know where the GOI is at regarding the Al Qaida thing? Have they done anything? Have they massed 1/2 of the troops on the border, encircled the towns with the exception of one small small corridor towards the Syrian border, and cut off all supply lines, water, electricity, and stuff? All before the raid which will take place after the air campaign bombs the fight out of them? After our satelites have determined their locations for the GOI. Succeeding in spectacular fashion, allowing Maliki to RV this puppy and leave office on a up note.

[new york kevin]

I found this, but I also want to know how the military portion of the campaign is going. A sorry response won't be good for an increase in value.

 

Iraq at the crossroads of destiny

Posted by Iraq News Journal on Jan 08, 2014 | Leave a Comment

BAGHDAD – Iraq reached a crucial stage where the stands at a crossroads puts him two choices: either reconciliation and a return to democratic life, or the continuation of the division of political and social chaos and civil war, the overall division and then, according to the analysts say.

And plaguing Iraq since the U.S. withdrawal successive political crises, amid sectarian divide social security deterioration in parallel with a large turned the city of Fallujah, located only 60 km from the capital Baghdad on Saturday to the state after the Islamist occurred in the grip of al Qaeda.

He says political analyst Ihsan al-Shammari said that “the days are passing days determination. Coming days will determine the fate of Iraq fully, as the country stands at a crossroads: The State of democratic reconciliation or split Vfody comprehensive civil war and lead to the division.”

He adds, “is either a democratic Iraq where everyone is equal, and either go into the abyss.”

He lived in Iraq in 2013 enacted the bloodiest since the end of sectarian conflict in 2008, after the violence has escalated dramatically, especially those that carry sectarian character after storming Square sit-Sunni anti-authority controlled by Shiites in April in the process of which dozens were killed.

It was not the beginning of the year 2014 best on the security front, losing the security forces, for the first time in many years, control of the entire city for the benefit of al-Qaeda, where Fallujah is now in the grip of the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.”

The fighters managed this organization known simply as “Daash” and cross-border with Syria, from the control of Fallujah and Ramadi, some areas of the city (100 km) west of Baghdad, despite the nearby military campaign aimed at his camps about ten days ago and used the aircraft.

The control of the al-Qaeda on the city of Fallujah, an exceptional event due to Avatar worn by the city, which has fought two battles Hrstein against U.S. forces in 2004.

The attack was the first American goal to subdue the Sunni insurgency in the city, saw miserably, what about Fallujah quickly into a refuge for al-Qaeda and its allies, who were able to control and impose a fait accompli in them.

And was killed in the second battle, about two thousand civilians in addition to the 140 American soldiers, in what was described as the harshest battle waged by U.S. forces since the Vietnam War.

And sees a political science professor at the University of Mustansiriya Essam Alfeli that “al-Qaeda cells have become the main effective close of Baghdad, and in this it’s miscalculation of the government has become a drag Iraq into the unknown, warned of further crises and social divide larger and more dangerous.”

He explains that “the successive political crises operated power for the next tsunami, tsunami Daash.”

The back of this organization in 2006 in Iraq at the hands of Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. air raid in the same year and his first goal was and still is the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in the areas inhabited by the majority of the Sunnis in Iraq, and today in Syria as well.

This is the largest and most organized of the ability of the armed rebel groups and extremist in Iraq, where adopts most of the violence in the country, which often target security forces and the areas inhabited by the majority Shiites.

Observers believe that the restoration of this organization for the influence which he enjoyed in the period after the invasion due to his success in riding the wave of anger of the Sunni-based sense of marginalization and targeting repeated, pointing out that this does not mean that the Sunnis are turning to loyal to the base, but they limit the cooperation with government regulation in this hunt.

Says Charles Lester, a researcher at the Brookings Doha Center said that “the power and the control of extremist groups on the ground in Anbar expand” that share borders with Syria length of about 300 km, and was considered one of the main strongholds of al-Qaeda al-Zarqawi days.

He adds that the process of removing the sit-Sunni anti-government in the province last Monday, which was demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused of pursuing a policy of marginalization of the right of the year, pushed Sunni tribes to enter into conflict with the security forces “have successfully organizing Daash to ride the wave of Sunni anger this.”

In addition to the deterioration of security and the rampant corruption in the body of the state, Iraq suffers from paralysis at the level of the work of the government led by the conflicting currents of Sunni-Shiite sometimes threaten to resign, and at other times, inciting its partners in the Council of Ministers.

This paralysis extends to the House of Representatives, which is often merely postpone announcing its failure to reach agreement on the majority of important laws, at a time when the country stands on the threshold of new parliamentary elections at the end of April next year.

Al-Shammari and sees that “the authorities to focus on the parties of the moderate Sunni Arabs to attract them to the judgment and give them a large area at the level of the federal authorities even hope to see a democratic Iraq.”

He adds, “Sunni Arabs are the ones who will determine the fate of Iraq’s next.”

[Rayzur]

I don't know what a sit rep is, and this is somewhat dated.... I thought I posted it the other day, but see that I didn't.....

 

On 3 Jan 2014, Washington Post's Liz Sly reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an al Qaeda affiliate: has captured all of Fallujah, taken down all Iraqi state flags, and raised their own over buildings including those of the government. The police and army are said to have abandoned the city. In Ramadi, authorities say the ISIS has failed there, defeated by tribal loyalists.

 

There is a second and different affiliate known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which is currently fighting with Turkey near the North Syrian border. The Levant today consists of Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel, and part of southern Turkey.

 

On 5 Jan the Institute for the Study of War reported:

 

“Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) announced an Islamic state in Fallujah and detained 75 members of the Iraqi Army on Friday, January 3, 2014. Clashes continue in Ramadi between tribal militias working with Iraqi Security Forces and AQI. However, AQI is increasing its presence in Fallujah while the Iraqi Army calls up reinforcements outside the city and begin a bombardment of suspected enemy positions. The contest for control of Fallujah will almost certainly be a violent struggle. These events have produced a humanitarian crisis in Fallujah with at least hundreds of families fleeing the city. Meanwhile, a political standoff has renewed between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR), Osama al-Nujaifi.”

 

For those who don't know, US forces left a huge amount of blood in Fallujah. Indeed, "Operation Dawn," known as "Operation al Fajr" in Arabic, occurred in Fallujah, Anbar Province, Iraq on 7 November 2004, at 1900 hours (7 pm Baghdad time), with the combined US-Iraqi force jumping off the line on schedule. The fighting that followed was among the fiercest urban warfare battles fought in American history.

 

If the battle were to return to this area, I submit that we'd likely lose significantly high numbers of GOI soldiers as we did that day, as the city poses insurmountable strategic challenges unlike many urban warfare areas in Iraq. Knowing where the terrorists are, just as we did back then, will do very little if anything to make this an easy battle, or one without significant causality.

 

We are expediting shipment of arms specifically surveillance drones and air-to-ground missiles, most likely Hellfires which can be launched by the drones. I've no idea how well trained their Army is in either flying the drones or launching the missiles... It's not so good right now, and not looking like it will soon get better in terms of oppositional gains.

[jeepguy]

from  last reports ,  Russia, and the u.s.  are  on board with  sending  arms  ,and  folks that  will show  how to use  the intel  coming in from  sat. photo`s,  and  drone, yesterday I think we saw  where  Iraq security , tells al - kyda ,  pack your  crap and leave , or  you will be  decimated ....