Accession Number:

AD1099902

Title:

Al Sahawa - The Awakening, Volume I: Al Anbar Province Final Report

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Jan 2009,31 Mar 2014

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA ALEXANDRIA United States

Personal Author(s):

• Knarr,William M.
• Alford,Dale
• Hawkins,Mary R.
• Graves,David I.
• Goodman,Jennifer
• Jones,Thomas S.
• King,Tracy W.
• Leonard,Carolyn A.
• Frost,John J.
• Coursey,Matthew T.
• Keller,Russell A.

Report Date:

2015-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

268.0

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 20062007 and back to Fallujah in 20072008 that connection was based on Iraqi culture and societal networks that Americans were not part of.

Descriptors:

• combat areas
• explosives
• military organizations
• national politics
• joint military activities
• man borne improvised explosive devices
• artillery
• department of state
• vehicle borne improvised explosive devices
• contingency operations (military)
• geography
• teamwork
• terrorism
• employment
• personnel management
• national governments
• terrorists
• weapons effects
• national security
• warfare

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE