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The Terrorists of Iraq Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003-2014, Second Edition

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18.12.2014

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56 b/w images

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KNV Besorgung

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24/16,1/2,6 cm

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772 g

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Englisch

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978-1-4987-0689-6

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

18.12.2014

Abbildungen

56 b/w images

Verlag

KNV Besorgung

Seitenzahl

406

Maße (L/B/H)

24/16,1/2,6 cm

Gewicht

772 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4987-0689-6

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  • Produktbild: The Terrorists of Iraq
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  • Acknowledgments
    About the Author
    Introduction
    Section I: Preparation for Insurgency
    Who Is Fighting in Iraq?
    The Cornerstone of Terror: The Ex-Ba'athist Loyalists
    The Iraqi Resistance Movement and the Foreign Mujahideen
    Introducing al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
    Fighting Misperceptions
    Endnotes
    Victory through Defeat: Saddam Plans for Insurgency
    Repeating a Very Bad History?
    Unambiguous Indicators
    The Prewar Insurgency Plan
    The Iraqi War Plan: Embracing Defeat
    Mogadishu on the Tigris
    Treated as Liberators?
    Endnotes
    Crucible of the Insurgency: The Fedayeen Goes to War
    First Line of Defense-The Air Defense Forces
    Second Line of Defense-The Iraqi Army
    Third Line of Defense-The Republican Guard
    Last Line of Defense-The Paramilitary Irregulars, Terrorists, and Special Republican Guard
    The Saddam Fedayeen (Firqah al-Fidayi Saddam)
    Commander of the Saddam Fedayeen-Uday Hussein
    The Professional Terrorists Arrive-Tawhid Wal-Jihad and al-Qaeda
    The Fedayeen Become Terrorists
    Invasion and S-VBIEDs-Introduction of the Suicide Car Bomb to Iraq
    The Fedayeen Disperse
    Endnotes
    Victory from the Jaws of Defeat: Launching the Iraq Insurgency
    Implementing the Insurgency
    The Second "1920 Revolution"
    Leading the Resistance-Lt. Gen. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
    Godfathers of the Insurgency-The Prewar Internal Intelligence Apparatus
    Commander of the Security Apparatus-Qusay Hussein
    Special Security Organization-SSO (Hijaz al-Amn al-Khas)
    Special Republican Guard
    Operational Command of the SRG
    SRG Combat Units
    Iraqi Intelligence Service-IIS (al-Mukahbarat)
    Director of Foreign Intelligence (M4)
    Directorate of Technical Affairs (M4/4/5)
    Directorate of Counterintelligence (M5)
    Directorate of Clandestine Operations (M13)
    Directorate of Special Operations Department (M14-SOD)
    Directorate of Signals Intelligence (M17)
    Directorate of Surveillance (M20)
    Al Ghafiqi Project Division (M21)
    Directorate of Opposition Group Activities (M40)
    Directorate of General Security-DGS (Amn al-'Amm)
    Directorate of General Military Intelligence-DGMI (Mudiriyah al-Istikhbarat al-'Askriah al-'Ammah or Istikhbarat)
    Directorate of Military Security-DMS (Amn al-Askaria)
    The DMS Special Operations Unit 999
    Former Regime Loyalist Insurgent Groups
    Organization
    National Command of the Islamic Resistance-Unified Mujahideen Command (NCIR-UMC)
    NCIR-UMC Senior Command
    Regional Commands
    FRL Insurgent Roles and Responsibilities
    Local Terror Cells/Groups (Insurgent Brigades)
    Financing the Insurgency
    Endnotes
    The Insurgent's Strategy
    The FRL Long-Range Strategy
    Military Strategy of the Insurgency
    Strategic Phases of the Insurgency
    Mission Accomplished: The Primary Goal of the Insurgency Was Breaking the Will of the American People
    Tactical Goals
    How Many Insurgents Were There?
    An Enemy without Gains or Losses
    Estimate of the Core Insurgency, 2003-2011
    The Original Number and Experience of the Core Cadres
    Doing the Math
    Terrorist Brigades or Terrorist Battalions?
    Size and Roles of the Insurgent Cells
    FRL Cells
    Iraqi Religious Extremist Cells
    Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Foreign Fighters
    AQI Cell Composition (2003-2011)
    Insurgent Casualties
    Endnotes
    Section II: Knife Fight in a Phone Booth-Bringing on the Insurgency
    Bringing It On
    The FRLs Organize
    The FRLs Destroy the Evidence
    First Strikes of the After-War
    Mission Accomplished
    CPA Order No. 1-You're Fired
    Phase 1: The Kill Campaign
    "This Is Not a Resistance Movement"
    "Bring Them On"
    Phase 2: The Humiliation Campaign
    Enter the Islamic Extremists
    The Insurgency Explodes
    Phase 3: The Punishment Campaign
    The Anti-Shiite Clerics Campaign
    The FRL Anti-Human Intelligence Campaign
    Phase 4: The Inspire Campaign
    Endnotes
    Insurgent Weapons and Tactics
    Looting the Arsenals
    The Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
    Daisy Chain IEDs
    Super IEDs
    Explosively Formed Projectile IEDs
    The WMD Program's High Explosives
    The Suicide Bomber
    The Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (S-VBIED)
    Poison Gas Attacks by Chemical S-VBIEDs
    The Suicide Pedestrian-Borne IED (S-PBIED)
    Small Arms-Rifles, Pistols, and Machine Guns
    Night Observation Devices
    Sniper Weapons Systems
    Antitank Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs)
    Mortars-Indirect Fire Weapons
    Artillery and Ground-Fired Aerial Rockets
    MANPADS-Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
    Other Anti-Air Weapons: Heavy Machine Guns, Aerial IEDs, and Pigeon Clapping
    Derelict Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
    Endnotes
    "Jihad Is the Only Way ..." Iraqi Islamic Extremists-Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al-Sunnah: The Islamic Army in Iraq and Others
    Ansar al-Islam ("Partisans of Islam")
    AAI Organization
    Military Committee
    Military Operations and Tactics
    Links to al-Qaeda
    Ties to Iran
    Operation Viking Hammer
    AAI Strategy
    AAI in European Terrorism
    Ansar al-SunnAH and Jaysh al-Ansar al-Sunnah ("Supporters/Partisans of the Sunni/Army of the Supporters of the Sunni")
    AAS Military Committee
    Al-Muhajirin Wa al-Ansar
    The Islamic Army in Iraq
    IAI Tactics
    Iraqi Resistance Brigades and Battalions, Terror Cells, and Subunits
    Other Minor Iraqi Insurgent Groups
    Media and Communiqués
    Endnotes
    Al-Qaeda and the Foreign Terrorists in Iraq
    Arrival of the "Ghost"
    The First Commander of AQI-Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (a.k.a. Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, Ahmad Fadhil al-Khalayla, Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh)
    AQI Strategic Organization
    Al-Zarqawi vs. bin Laden: AQI's Strategy and Goals
    Al-Qaeda Strategy for the Use of Terrorism
    Tactical Objectives of AQI Cells
    Tactical Goals of AQI Cells
    AQI In-Country Organization
    AQI Command Staff and Leadership Group (C&L)-Iraq/Syria
    Tactical Organization
    Logistics and Safe Houses
    AQI Weapons
    AQI Tactics in Iraq
    Direct Martyrdom Attacks
    Foreign Mujahideen Groups in Iraq
    Foreign Mujahideen Groups and Cells in Iraq
    Transiting Syria, 2003-2011: The Expressway to the Jihad
    Profile of AQI Operatives and Foreign Fighters in Iraq
    Saudi Operatives
    Iraqis in AQI
    The European Jihadists
    The Black Widows of Iraq-AQI Female Operatives
    Unto Death-Married Couple Suicide Bombers
    Endnotes
    Section III: A New Jihad (2004-2011): Bin Laden's Greatest Gift
    Fallujah: The Crucible of the Iraq Jihad
    The April 2004 Revolution
    Operation Valiant Resolve and the Two-Front War
    Could It Get Any Worse? The Mahdi Militia and the Shiite Uprising
    Losing Anbar
    The Hostage War and the Transition to Sovereignty
    Black Thursday-The One-Day Salafist Mini-Jihad
    Endnotes
    Stepping on Mercury
    November 2004-Showdown at Fallujah
    Operation Phantom Fury
    Resistance in Fallujah Withdraws
    Shock and Awe Jihadist Style-The S-VBIED War
    The Jihad Reaches Out-AQI Attacks in Jordan
    Ending al-Zarqawi
    Endnotes
    Section IV: No Longer a Wounded Lion: AQI to ISIS (2006-2014)
    Al-Qaeda's Lonely Road to Recovery
    The Metamorphosis from AQI to the Islamic State of Iraq (2006-2011)
    Formation of the Real Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)
    The Syria Civil War-An Opportunity for a Safe Haven and a Nation
    Endnotes
    Lions of God: ISIS and the Islamic Caliphate (2013-2014)
    The al-Baghdadi-Zawahiri Clash
    The Winter Offensive of 2013-2014: ISIS Decapitation Attack on Syrian Resistance
    The Inter-al-Qaeda Civil War Starts
    Operation Lion of God al-Bilawi Phase 1: The Campaign to Seize Western Iraq
    ISIS Final Declaration of Independence from al-Qaeda's Corporate Management Team
    Operation Lion of God al-Bilawi Phase 2: Taking Mosul, Anbar, and Central Iraq
    Mission Accomplished: ISIS Style
    Breaking Bad: ISIS Finally Breaks from al-Qaeda Central
    The New Islamic Caliphate
    Endnotes
    Internal Organization of the ISIS
    Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (the Levant) (ISIS/ISIL (al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham)) and the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC)
    Command and Leadership Apparatus
    Leadership Organization
    Caliph of the Islamic State Caliphate and Amir al-Mujahideen ("Prince of the Holy Warriors")
    Deputy Amir (Naieb al-Amir al-Mujahideen)
    Political/Religious Organization
    State of Iraq Advisory Council (Shura al-Dawlat al-Iraq)
    ISIS Military Council
    Past Commanders
    Military Council Members
    Internal Security Apparatus (Jehaz al-Amn al-Dakili)
    Manpower Pool
    Women Operatives
    Sex Jihad
    Child Soldiers
    Propaganda and Social Media as Asymmetric Weapons
    Populist Warfare Tools
    Doling Out Islamic Accepted Punishments (Hudud)
    Finance Mechanisms
    Endnotes
    Welcome to the Jihadist Crescent
    The Islamic Caliphate Has Already Become the Heart of al-Qaeda
    ISIS May Try to Strike America Directly
    Drinking Antifreeze: The Iraqi Sunni's Mass Suicide Pact of 2014
    Endnotes
    Index