Sons of Iraq
You Better Pay Off the Sons of Iraq!
By Spencer Ackerman 10/10/08 2:30 PM
Mohammed Hafez of the Naval Postgraduate School takes a look at how Al Qaeda in Iraq could mount a comeback.
The short answer: If the U.S. doesn’t broker a formidable deal between the Sons of Iraq — the 100,000 mostly Sunni ex-insurgents currently paid by the U.S. to be a pro-U.S. militia — and the Shiite-controlled [...]
LAT Oped on Looming Sons of Iraq Crisis
By Spencer Ackerman 8/26/08 12:39 PM
DENVER, Colo. — No, this isn’t convention-related, but still. Colin Kahl and Shawn Brimley, two counterinsurgency experts with the Center for a New American Security just back from a trip to Iraq, have a powerful op-ed in the Los Angeles Times calling attention to the looming crisis with the Sons of Iraq militia:
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