| ID | 081734 |
| Title Proper | Anbar awakening |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Long, Austin |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The United States and it allies in Iraq have embraced a tribal strategy to provide security and fight al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. This approach is not new. Saddam Hussein also sought to use tribal alliances to provide internal security. His experience, and that of the present-day Coalition, demonstrates the prospects and perils of using tribes to provide security. Tension exists between the United States' two main strategic goals of defeating al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia and building a democratic, unified Iraq. There is also the danger that Iraqi tribes will defect from the Coalition in future |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 50, No.2; Apr-May 2008: p67-94 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 50, No.2; Apr-May 2008: p67-94 |
| Key Words | Iraq ; Internal Security ; United States ; Iraq War |