Al Sahawa - The Awakening, Volume I: Al Anbar Province Final Report
Abstract
The objective of the Anbar Awakening project was to create an unclassified, accessible resource for trainers and educators. It is presented in multimedia to accommodate different teaching and learning styles. The project presents the Awakening movements phases from the development of the insurgency in 2003 to the Coalitions transfer of responsibility for Al Anbar to the Iraqis in 2008. In addition, it offers analysis and lessons, many of which are transferrable to current and future conflicts. Most popular narratives of the Anbar Awakening associate the beginning of the movement with a 14 September 2006 proclamation by Sheik Abdul Sattar Albu-Risha where he coined the term Al Sahawa. This project contends that there was a robust connection in terms of events and relationships from Fallujah in 2004 to Al Qaim in 2005 to the Hadithah-Hit Corridor in 2006, to Ramadi in 2006/2007 and back to Fallujah in 2007/2008; that connection was based on Iraqi culture and societal networks that Americans were not part of.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1099902
Entities
People
- Carolyn A. Leonard
- Dale Alford
- David I. Graves
- Jennifer Goodman
- John J. Frost
- Mary R. Hawkins
- Matthew T. Coursey
- Russell A. Keller
- Thomas S. Jones
- Tracy W. King
- William M. Knarr
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses