Iraq's Window of Opportunity

A picture of what the long-elusive victory in Iraq might look like.

Al-Qaeda's sheer brutality, and America's shift to a counterinsurgency strategy, caused the sympathies of local leaders and legions of young men to shift. As one Son of Iraq told me, "A few of my friends joined al-Qaeda, and now they are dead or captured. I never did, and this gives me a chance to keep al-Qaeda from coming back." Young men like this -- over 91,000 of them throughout Iraq -- guard their own neighborhoods, and are not involved in offensive ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Iraq, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 24, 2008 - 8:26 AM PDT
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