theway2k’s blog http://theway2k.vox.com/library/posts/tags/anbar+awakening/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:09:55 -0500 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss anbar awakening There is more than an Anbar Awakening in Iraq http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/there-is-more-than-an-anbar-awakening-in-iraq.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theway2k) http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/there-is-more-than-an-anbar-awakening-in-iraq.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/there-is-more-than-an-anbar-awakening-in-iraq.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:09:55 -0500 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00cdf3a9bf0ecb8f00e398b22cdd0001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://theway2k.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cdf3a9bf0ecb8f00e398b22cdd0001.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cdf3a9bf0ecb8f00e398b22cdd0001-500pi" alt="Win the War" title="Win the War" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://theway2k.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cdf3a9bf0ecb8f00e398b22cdd0001.html" title="Win the War">Win the War</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: crystal clear">Apparently there is not only an Anbar Awakening among Sunni Iraqis who cooperating with the US Military to route out foreign insurgents (such as al Qaeda Iraq </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">–</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear"> AQI) but Shi</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">ites are becoming fed up with the thuggery of the Mahdi Army.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #000080; font-family: crystal clear">&#160;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: crystal clear">Evidently Muqtada al-Sadr</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">s </span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="COLOR: maroon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi_Army"><span style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><span style="font-family: crystal clear">Mahdi Army</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: crystal clear"> is not enforcing a rule of law among Shi</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">ites to make them feel safe. It is bad news for the Shi</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">ites but it is good news for the US Military. Why, you might ask? Because al-Sadr is tied to the psycho Ayatollahs of Iran and it is a good thing to drive a wedge between Twelver Shi</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">ites of Iran and Iraqi Shi</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;">’</span><span style="font-family: crystal clear">ites.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #000080; font-family: crystal clear">&#160;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: crystal clear"><span style="color: #000080">Anyway, go check it out at </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: maroon"><a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2007/10/a-baghdad-awakening-in-the-wor-1/"><span style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Small Wars Journal</span></a></span></em></strong><span style="color: #000080">. It means we are winning in Iraq not losing as the Dems would have Americans believe.</span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;"><span style="color: #000080"> </span></span></span></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/there-is-more-than-an-anbar-awakening-in-iraq.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a9bf0ecb8f00e398b24b5a0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> victory iraq sunni shi'ite anbar awakening