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Issue: A successful insurgency is preventing the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and Combined Joint Task Force –7 (CJTF-7) from providing a safe and secure environment in Iraq.

Discussion: The reason that CPA initiatives have not yet caught the imagination or secured the participation of the Iraqi people is due to cultural, not ideological factors. Iraq’s cultural environment represents a challenge not easily mastered by Western ideological models and crisis management techniques alone. The Tribal Ethos remains the basis for most security, economic, and political discussions in Iraq and must by default be considered in long-term security and stability solutions.

Recommendation: This new "Restorationist" insurgency movement (against Western occupation) is using a hybrid method that incorporates urban (terrorist) and protracted (popular) insurgency strategies and exploits the tribal ethos to create crisis and instability to isolate CPA / CJTF-7 from the Iraqi populace. A strong synchronized Tribal Leader engagement policy is a more effective means of achieving CPA / CJTF-7 strategic goals. We must create a committed local population in targeted areas, to include the local and provincial leaders in security, social and economic affairs; concurrently the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) must be empowered to ensure stable national level governance. Establishing trust and confidence between Coalition and tribal groups will neutralize the insurgents and create the conditions for CPA assisted political, economic, and social programs to shape anew the nation of Iraq.

Contact Information:

SGT Christopher Alexander – Christopher.eric.alexander@us.army.mil

CPT Charles Kyle – charles.kyle@us.army.mil

MAJ William S. McCallister - mccallisterw@hotmail.com

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