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2013 Weekly Iraq Update #1

January 17, 2013 - Sam Wyer

Protests heighten political crisis

By Sam Wyer and Marisa Sullivan

Political Update: Mapping the Iraq Protests

January 11, 2013 - Sam Wyer

These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.

Iraq Protest Maps December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013

January 11, 2013 - Sam Wyer

These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.

Political Update: Competing Initiatives Shed Light on Iraq’s Uncertain Political Alliances

January 8, 2013 - Institute for the Study of War

The apparent beginnings of a campaign to remove Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the threat of a similar campaign against his most significant opponent suggest that Iraqi politics is entering a period of intense political jockeying.

10,000 Troops In Afghanistan Is Not Enough: Rightsizing NATO’s Developmental Support Force Beyond 2014

January 2, 2013

The Afghan National Army (ANA) is arguably the most respected institution in Afghanistan. Keeping it that way as it becomes more self-sufficient will contribute to all of NATO’S post-2014 strategic aims.

Iraq Update #52 - Demonstrations against Maliki after Issawi bodyguard Arrest

December 27, 2012 - Stephen Wicken

Demonstrations, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience have been ongoing in Ramadi and Fallujah in Anbar province and in Samarra in Salah al-Din since December 23 in protest of Maliki’s arrest of bodyguards assigned to Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi.

Political Update: Can a No-Confidence Vote Against Maliki Succeed This Time?

December 21, 2012 - Stephen Wicken

Iraq Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi, a Sunni politician and member of the secular-Sunni Iraqiyya coalition, called for a vote of no confidence against Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in an evening press conference on December 20, 2012.

Unpacking the Attempted Assassination of Asadullah Khalid

December 20, 2012

A suicide bombing in Kabul on December 6 targeted the head of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), Asadullah Khalid, in an event that has rattled Afghan elites and rekindled controversy between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Weekly Iraq Update #51

December 19, 2012 - Stephen Wicken

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Activity Outside of Baghdad December 2011-November 2012

December 18, 2012 - Sam Wyer

This map illustrates Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq activity outside of Baghdad from December 2011 to November 2012.

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