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2006-09-22 Iraq

StrategyPage: Iraqi Tribes Turn on al Qaeda

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Posted by ed 2006-09-22 14:58|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They will of course insist on the right of legitimate resistance against coalition forces as said coalition forces assist the tribes in their fight against al Q. Right?

Posted by Hupailing Ebbuns2352 2006-09-22 15:26|| 2006-09-22 15:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I doubt they will do that. It would be the end of them.

Posted by Elmolutch Ebbeatle6080 2006-09-22 15:55|| 2006-09-22 15:55|| Front Page Top

#3 The coalition and the Iraqi government should be all over that "like a duck on a June bug". The idea being to organize them as a uniformed paramilitary whose mission can be "migrated" to perform all sorts of useful and productive work in Anbar.

They start out like a Sunni army, like the Kurdish Peshmurga, but you quickly move them into civilian, not military, development work. So it becomes a jobs program, repairing and integrating Anbar with the central government. From that they become civil service employees for their local government.

Optimally, they end up with so much invested in their local area and Anbar that they are good citizens.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-22 16:07|| 2006-09-22 16:07|| Front Page Top

#4 I know that when you are dealing with militias or tribal forces, things can get out of hand. But given our ROE, they could be very helpful in dealing with the bad guyz without being encumbered by our ROE, if ya know what I mean.....It would take a bit of finesse to make it happen without going out of control, but it seems doagble, IMUHO.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-09-22 16:48|| 2006-09-22 16:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Los pepes

Posted by Mark E. 2006-09-22 17:21|| 2006-09-22 17:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Heh. Los Pepes. Heh. Good call.

Posted by Brett 2006-09-22 17:30|| 2006-09-22 17:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Eggggs-cellent. :-D

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