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June 13, 2005
Winds of War: Progressing in Iraq
Bill Roggio's Winds of War Iraq update is up, and as usual is a must-read. Actually it's been up for a few days, I'm just a bit late in getting to it.
Anyway, here are some of the points he makes:
The Insurgency has moved North as in response to Operation Thunder, which resulted in the arrests of over a thousand insurbents.
Car Bombings have Increased, but the new Targets are Iraqi Police. Bill says that although this will likely backfire on the insurgents as it will only increase the determination of the police.
Iraqi Police now patrol neighborhoods that they have no family or ethnic ties to. This is exactly the opposite of our initial strategy. The problem we found was that by Iraqi police patrolled their own neighborhoods they were more susceptiple to corruption and intimidation.
As a result, the insurgents have largely stopped trying to infiltrate the police.
Democracy is making slow but steady progress in Iraq. It is easy to get caught up in the daily headlines and miss the overall picture. Imagine if one tried to analyse World War II by looking at the daily casualty counts.
Posted by Tom at June 13, 2005 9:09 AM
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