Talk:Anbar campaign (2003–2011)/Archive 1

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had been awakened around midnight by an intelligence officer who showed him infrared images of an encampment near the Syrian border. Mattis said to bomb them and went back to sleep. The next day, amidst allegations that Americans had bombed a wedding party, an investigating officer asked Mattis how

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It could be as well simply that it was the first date order used (or that it's the format preferred in Arabic countries; I don't know). I'd argue the misplaced US-centric nature of the article is more glaringly evident from the fact that the title is "Iraq War in Anbar Province", which it then goes

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that "articles on the modern US military use day before month, in accordance with military usage": if that is the reason for the date format, then I would suggest that this betrays a POV in the article. This article is about a war in which the US was one of the belligerents, it is not about the US

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My plan of attack is to rewrite this whole article in order, section by section, whenever I have the time (and bandwidth). I'm active-duty in an infantry battalion, so it may take a while. If I throw in a section that looks like slop, it's because I'm just getting the framework in place.

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If WP follows the reasoning that Americans are those that have citizenship then the term American or Americans should not be a substitute for US troops because serving in the US armed forces is not contingent on holding citizenship. In fact it can be an entre to citizenship for

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I think my biases as an Iraq War veteran are pretty obvious, but I went out of my way to make it as NPOV as possible. If you think something needs to be changed, I'm all ears. Also, the modern U.S. military uses YYYYMMDD format; I just happen to like the DDMMMYYYY format.

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on to define explicitly and simply as "a counterinsurgency campaign". Well no – and as the first para itself subsequently acknowledges – the "war in Anbar Province" obviously comprised two aspects: an insurgency and a counterinsurgency.

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The Marines just moved their PDF's, so I've added the new links, but the Washington Post is putting all their pre-2005 stuff behind a paywall. I'm not sure for those yet, but I'll see if anyone else has tackled the problem. Thanks!

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I just had a quick look, and noticed something that I am not sure about. In referring to Saddam Hussein, this article alternates between the family name (Saddam) and the given name (Hussein.) I notice the

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If you want me to add more sources I will, but everything I've read points to that specific event as the trigger event (followed several weeks later by CPA Orders 1 & 2) that launched the insurgency.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20120321015613/http://articles.cnn.com/2004-09-21/world/iraq.beheading_1_eugene-jack-armstrong-armstrong-and-hensley-american-hostage?_s=PM%3AWORLD

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https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183052/http://www.1stmardiv.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/8585/Article/87284/marines-fight-enemy-across-western-iraq.aspx

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https://web.archive.org/web/20120707115806/http://articles.cnn.com/2006-05-18/world/murtha.marines_1_haditha-roadside-bomb-civilians-in-cold-blood?_s=PM%3AWORLD

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Anyone else think that prefacing sections with quotes that obviously support a certain narrative of this history create an incredibly subjective article?

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article largely sticks with Saddam, unless it is differentiating between family members. I would think the family name more appropriate to Knowledge.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20120606231536/http://articles.boston.com/2007-12-04/news/29236186_1_mass-graves-iraqi-troops-fallujah-general-hospital

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I was surprised, as a UK based reader, to see an article about an event primarily of US balance among anglophone interests using the date format

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2005%2FJune%2Fmiddleeast_June191.xml&section=middleeast&col=

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June 30, 2009 - Security for Anbar province is formally handed over to the Iraqis. All US combat personnel formally leave Iraqi cities.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20120916045219/http://www.centcom.mil/press-releases/senators-mccain-and-graham-walk-the-streets-of-haditha

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https://web.archive.org/web/20111215034830/http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_4d980698-b22a-5373-b615-d0f1abe38673.html

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military. To present it as being about the US is not to take an NPOV approach to the subject matter. What date format should we use?

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April 2008 - Two Marines killed defending their base from an AQI suicide bomber. Later posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20111101202635/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Khamis&language=english

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http://articles.cnn.com/2006-05-18/world/murtha.marines_1_haditha-roadside-bomb-civilians-in-cold-blood?_s=PM%3AWORLD

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OK, this particular line got some negative feedback, so I'm putting it here to determine exactly what we can prove:

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http://articles.cnn.com/2004-01-14/world/sprj.nirq.main_1_samarra-khamis-sirhan-coalition-forces?_s=PM%3AWORLD

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June 2008 - The only USMC battalion commander to be killed in OIF is killed in a suicide bombing in Anbar.

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Can you get any citation for the campaign ending on August 14, 2007? Some other possibles:

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mentions "Clear, Hold, Build" as the strategy, attributing to McMasters. However, neither

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July 2009 - The last US serviceman is killed in combat in Al Anbar (as of this date).

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September 2008 - Governance for Anbar province is formally handed over to the Iraqis.

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I don't know if McMaster invented CHB or heard about it somewhere else, but he was

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So, how should the sentence read in the article, and which sources should I cite?

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I took a run through this very informative article. Here are some observations:

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to use it (the article specifically refers to it as a "new strategy").

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August 2010 - All US combat troops in Anbar are scheduled to depart.

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I left the word "catalyst" but I think it may be too strong.

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The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq

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