Accession Number:

AD1013976

Title:

Al Sahawa - The Awakening. Volume III-A: Al Anbar Province, Western Euphrates River Valley, Area of Operations Denver - Al Qaim

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA ALEXANDRIA

Personal Author(s):

• Knarr,William
• Alford,Dale
• Hawkins,Mary
• Graves,David
• Goodman,Jennifer
• Dobson,Matthew
• Leonard,Carolyn
• Frost,John
• King,Tracy
• Jones,Thomas
• Coursey,Matt

Report Date:

2015-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

332.0

Abstract:

The objective of the Anbar Awakening project was to create an unclassified 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 20062007 and back to Fallujah in 20072008 that connection was based on Iraqi culture and societal networks that Americans were not part of. This volume addresses events in Al Qaim from 2005 until 2007 from a Coalition and Iraqi perspective.

Descriptors:

• Iraq
• terrorism
• terrorists
• lessons learned
• military operations
• training
• warfare

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE