Open Source Warfare in Iraq

Dexter Filkins at the NYTimes wrote an interesting article on the profusion of guerrilla groups in Iraq. Unfortunately, he didn't do all the research for the article he could have. Note to Dexter: Bruce Hoffman at RAND reads Global Guerrillas, you should too. Regardless, it is worth the read.

Iraqi and American officials in Iraq say the single most important fact about the insurgency is that it consists not of a few groups but of dozens, possibly as many as 100. And it is not, as often depicted, a coherent organization whose members dutifully carry out orders from above but a far-flung collection of smaller groups that often act on their own or come together for a single attack, the officials say. Each is believed to have its own leader and is free to act on its own.

Comments

[account]

LOL...

That's funny - does he have their names and addresses too? I mean really come on it's like he is living in a different world.

By the way, John why do you like TypePad? Seems sort of dated...

[John Robb]

LOL. Inertia. I stuck with Radio for a long time too.

[Yabi]

Never used Radio or TypePad, although I ran across it once or twice but had no idea that it was a platform... :)

Personally for me blog still seem sort of limited both in push and pull... of users and content.