Sons of Iraq

July 10, 2024 | Will Selber, Bill Roggio

David Petraeus Is Wrong: Counterinsurgency Won’t Work in Gaza

When you only have a hammer. . .

October 28, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Iraq’s Grim Prospects Post ISIL

Co-written by Sterling Jensen.  In the coming months, and possibly weeks, the Iraqi Security Forces, with the help of a diverse group of fighters spanning the Iraqi politic...

November 25, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Islamic State’s Stalled Offensive in Anbar Province

In September, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a devastatingly effective offensive in Iraq’s Anbar province that for a time masked the losses the group was experienc...

February 4, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda in Iraq Suicide Bomber Attacks Awakening in Taji

Al Qaeda in Iraq executed its second major suicide attack against Iraqi security personnel in two days. Today, a suicide bomber attacked members of the Awakening in Taji, a city just north of Bag...

June 13, 2011 | FrontPage

Symposium: Shattered Dreams of Al Qaeda

FP: Bill Roggio, Andy McCarthy and Steve Schippert, welcome to this special edition of Frontpage Symposium. Bill Roggio, give us the background to how these documents we...

June 13, 2011 | Weekly Standard

Assessing the War

Round Two

April 27, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

US-born cleric Awlaki “proud” to have taught al Qaeda operatives

An American-born Muslim cleric who is a senior member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has admitted to training two terrorists who carried out attacks against the US over the past six months....

June 1, 2009 | |

The Global Economic Crisis and Iraq’s Future

Last summer, when oil prices reached all-time highs virtually every day, it seemed that one of the few silver linings was a more stable future for Iraq. Surging oil prices appeared to give Iraq a...

February 15, 2009 |

Will Afghanistan Awake?

U.S. Central Command recently announced it will be supporting an indigenous movement opposing al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, similar to the Awakening movement that was central to turnin...

October 8, 2008 |

News from the Awakening (Part 6)

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August 13, 2008 | Tony Badran Across The Bay |

Assad’s Reminder

NOW's editorial this morning on the terrorist bombing in Tripoli is worth quoting at length:...

July 22, 2008 | National Review Online

Re: Obama’s Iraq Politics

To add to Seth's excellent point, does Obama think the Sunni Awakening and the Shia militia stand-down are somehow separate developments from the surge and the brilliant performance of Ameri...

July 6, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Iraqi forces pursue Mahdi Army in Baghdad

Clashes broke out in the Sadr City district in northeastern Baghdad after Iraqi forces detained a senior Sadrist leader, an Iraqi news outlet reported. Iraqi soldiers and police...

June 29, 2008 | Nathan Webster Long War Journal

Blowing up insurgents’ old hut sends signal that Tarmiyah area is more secure

  Nathan Webster is an independent journalist who embedded with the US Army in Tarmiyah in Salahadin province, Iraq. Nathan is providing reports from Tarmiyah for The Long War J...

June 27, 2008 |

Cheer up. We’re winning this War on Terror

 "My centre is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I shall attack!” If only our political leaders and opinion-formers displayed even a hint of the defiant...