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The White House has begun directly providing weapons to Kuridsh forces in
northern Iraq. AP's Lita Baldor, travelling with SecDef Hagel in Australia,
and Matthew Lee: "...Previously, the U.S. had insisted on only selling arms to
the Iraqi government in Baghdad, but the Kurdish peshmerga fighters had been
losing ground to Islamic State militants in recent weeks. The officials
wouldn't say which U.S. agency is providing the arms or what weapons are being
sent, but one official said it isn't the Pentagon. The CIA has historically
done similar quiet arming operations." The rest here.
Maliki becomes the new Assad and the Kurds take back some cities. Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is digging in, refusing to get out of the way,
even as the U.S. has not-so-quietly hinted that it is prepared to take its
support to help the Iraqis to the next level if the Shiite leader steps aside.
But he's starting to sound a lot like another leader Washington has wanted
out, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. And even as the Kurds make inroads
against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or, as it's now called, the
Islamic State (IS), Maliki's recalcitrance creates a major roadblock for the
U.S.
Maliki made a fiery speech Sunday, and Iraqi special forces surrounded the
government complex in Baghdad's Green Zone.
The WaPo's Loveday Morris: "In actions that had all the markings of a
political coup, Maliki gave a definite late-night speech in Baghdad, saying he
would lodge a legal case against the country's president, who has resisted
naming him as the candidate for another term as prime minister." The rest
here.
On Saturday, before leaving for a family vacation on Martha's Vineyard,
Obama attempted to manage the expectations of the American public - this is
not a short-term endeavor. Lubold: "This is going to be a long-term project,"
Obama said on the White House North Lawn Saturday morning as he reiterated
that American combat troops would not be deployed to conduct ground operations
there. In the meantime, as U.S. forces conduct humanitarian operations and
airstrikes to protect American military personnel and citizens in northern
Iraq, what's important, Obama said, is for the Shiite-led government in Baghdad
to reach a political settlement to allow all Iraqis to feel a part of the
government. That, he said, is a "long-term campaign... We can help, we can
advise, but we can't do it for them, and the U.S. military cannot do it for
them," Obama said.
More of what Obama said, including his defense of removing American forces
from Iraq and his reiteration that no ground forces would enter the fight,
here.
Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. Lukman Faily, to Situation Report yesterday:
"The new area of military cooperation has been a significant sign that we both
face a common enemy... we are getting significant support from the U.S.,
however, we still have a major need for better air capability - that still for
us is the weakest point, or at least our biggest area we need to improve on."
Faily, on the long-term: "Nobody is thinking this is a quick and easy
endeavor moving forward, and nobody should think this is a quick and easy
endeavor moving forward."
Former commander of U.S. forces in Mosul Carter Ham to ABC's Martha Raddatz
yesterday on This Week: "I think the initial strikes are already having some
effect, a few strikes by the U.S., many more by the Iraqi Air Force.. it
appears to have at least given pause to the Islamic extremists as they seek to
advance... but much more effort will be required to achieve a positive outcome
longer term." And on ground troops: "It will be very difficult without U.S.
ground forces or ground forces of others, which they may be willing to
participate, but it really centers around: the president is right - there
really has to be a responsible government in Baghdad to which a future Iraqi
army can be loyal. A first chyron: Ham was identified on This Week as part of
SBD Advisors, LLC - as in Sally B. Donnelly Advisors, LLC.
Video of airdrops to Iraqis stuck on Mount Sinjar, here.
Welcome to Monday's edition of Situation Report, where we're flying solo
today because Nathaniel is deservedly unplugging for a week and technical
"challenges" in the cockpit today mean we're offering an abridged version of
SitRep. If you'd like to be one of our subscribers, we'd love to have you.
Sign up for Situation Report by sending us a note at
gordon.lub...@foreignpolicy.com and we'll just stick you on. Like what you see?
Tell a friend. And if you have a report you want teased, a piece of news, or
a good tidbit, you, send it to us early for maximum tease. And the more
shovel-ready, the better. And hey! Follow us: @glubold and @njsobe4.
A street thug-turned-America's newest most wanted: How did we get here? The
NYT's Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt look at the arrest of ISIS' Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, then known as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry, when he was arrested
by U.S. forces in 2004 and brought to - remember this place? - the Camp Bucca
detention facility. Their story: "... Despite his reach for global stature,
Mr. Baghdadi, in his early 40s, in many ways has remained more mysterious than
any of the major jihadi figures who preceded him." Read the rest of this Page
Oner here.
Did U.S. intelligence agencies fail to see the warning signs? Probably not
completely, because despite the challenges of collecting intelligence in a
place like Iraq where there was up until recently a tiny American footprint,
American intel agencies had eyes on the problem. But was it more of an issue of
persuasion - sounding the alarm to U.S. policymakers back in Washington - and
those inside the White House who would be reluctant to hear such alarms anyway?
The debate begins. The WSJ's Siobhan Gorman and Julian Barnes under the Page
One headline "U.S. Spies Missed Urgency of Threat": "...The inability of U.S.
spy agencies to provide details about the timing of Islamic State offensives
or their likelihood of success has touched off debate among U.S.
national-security officials about whether intelligence on the group has been
adequate. The struggle to understand the capabilities of the group reflects
the difficulty of collecting detailed intelligence on its internal planning.
"Collection is tough," one senior U.S. official acknowledged.
"That is the challenge facing intelligence officials and the U.S. military
as American warplanes launch waves of airstrikes. The success of the strikes
may depend in part on how well the U.S. is able to read the group." Read the
rest here.
Chuck Hagel continues his overseas trip today in the Pacific, where he is in
Australia.
BAM! A Friday tweet still relevant on Monday and beyond: "@CrowleyTIME: that
bugle you hear is playing taps for the Asia pivot.
There's a "big lie" Americans tell themselves about genocide, even though
preventing it has never been a "core interest" of Americans. The White House
has relied heavily on the pictures of stranded Iraqis, starving and thirsty,
to sell this new American intervention on a war-wary/weary public. It makes it
easier to send jet fighters and drones to drop bombs in a country many
Americans felt they had washed their hands of years ago. But this is not
something the U.S. is good at necessarily, argues Dhruva Jaishankar for FP:
"...The current generation seems to believe that preventing genocide around
the world is and has always been in the United States' interest. From calls to
intervene in Syria, to activism around 'Save Darfur,' to attention paid to
anti-Rohingya Muslim violence in Myanmar, there is widespread believe that the
United States will intervene in troubled spots around the world. But
Washington has always had a dismal record of stopping genocides and ethnic
cleansing, and that is unlikely to change." More here.
Hey, isn't that Tara Napier - now Tara Napier Harrison, the former assistant
to Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell - on the new BP ad? Don't blink, but
why yes it is. Harrison, who, with Morrell, joined BP after leaving the
Pentagon, appears briefly in a new BP ad touting the company's role in
American jobs that's been broadcast heavily during Sunday shows.
Starting today, Former Hagel Deputy Chief of Staff Wendy Anderson joins
Penny Pritzker at the Department of Commerce. Anderson, who was one of three
individuals under consideration by Defense Secretary Hagel to be his chief of
staff, left the Pentagon last month, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and tomorrow
starts as the new Chief of Staff at the Department of Commerce. That means
Hagel will likely pick one of two people to be his right-hand-person: Elissa
Slotkin or Rex Ryu - and that decision should be coming shortly. Pritzker, in
an email to staff Friday: "Wendy is a seasoned leader who comes to us with
great expertise... While at Defense, Wendy was twice awarded the Department of
Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the Department's highest
civilian award, presented by both Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel."
"...Wendy is also a veteran of the Senate, having served as professional
staff on the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,
managing the international security portfolio for the Subcommittee on
International Security, and serving as the intelligence liaison for Senator
Barbara Mikulski on the Senate Intelligence Committee... As you know, I am very
excited about our team and talent - all of you - that we have within our
Department. I know Wendy is excited to help us execute our mission of
delivering real results for America's businesses, communities and our people."
Israeli negotiators are in Cairo for peace talks as the latest 72-hour
cease-fire begins. Reuters this hour: "...A month of war has killed 1,910
Palestinians and 67 Israelis while devastating wide tracts of densely
populated Gaza. Gaza hospital officials say the Palestinian death toll has
been mainly civilian since the July 8 launch of Israel's military campaign to
quell Gaza rocket fire. Israel has lost 64 soldiers and three civilians, while
heavy losses among civilians and the destruction of thousands of homes in Gaza
have drawn international condemnation. The Israeli delegation to the Cairo
talks had flown home on Friday when the sides failed to reach a deal to
prolong a previous three-day truce." More here.
There's war-weariness in Gaza. The NYT's Jodi Rudoren: "...After more than a
month of war, the people of Gaza are sad, of course, at 1,900 lives lost. They
are angry, too: at Israel for destroying some 10,000 homes, at the Arab
leaders who seem unmoved, the Western ones who seem unable to move, and even,
quietly, at the Palestinian militants who built tunnels under their
neighborhoods. But mostly they are spent - from weeks of being stuck inside
with scant hours of electricity and waiting in line for potable water, but
also from years of feeling stuck in what they universally describe as a
prison." More here.
In Gaza, the war is far from over. FP's David Kenner: "[In Gaza] the horror
stories seek you out: The man living in a crowded United Nations Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp who hasn't had the money to repair his house
since it was damaged in the 2012 war; the 7-year-old girl who interrupts an
interview to interject that her father has been killed; the exhausted general
manager of Shifa Hospital, who spoke mournfully about how his staff was
performing surgeries in waiting rooms because all of the operating rooms were
full. These people all said that this war was easily the worst of the three
conflicts with Israel since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007. And all of
them maintained that Hamas should continue striking Israel until its demands
are met." More here.
Ukrainian forces say they are close to taking rebel-held Donetsk. Reuters
this morning: " The Ukrainian military said on Monday it was preparing for a
'final stage' of taking back the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatists
after making significant gains that have split rebel forces on the ground.
Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Kiev's troops had now cut Donetsk off from the
other main rebel-held city of Luhansk, 150 km (90 miles) away, on the border
with Russia.
"'The forces of the anti-terrorist operation are preparing for the final
stage of liberating Donetsk,' Lysenko told Reuters. 'Our forces have
completely cut Donetsk off from Luhansk. We are working to liberate both towns
but it's better to liberate Donetsk first - it is more important.'" More here.
We missed this Friday: FP's Tom Ricks publishes a letter from an Army major,
Maj. Charles V. Slider III , who was "fired" from the Army for a DUI some
years ago despite a record of high accomplishment. Slider: "... On August 1, I
was notified of my removal from active duty service. Although I accept this
fate, this is not justifiable due to the sacrifices that both my family and I
have endured." Read his letter here.
The First Vietnamese-American becomes a general. Read about that here.
So this Marine did a funny. A Marine at Camp Lejeune, N.C. posted an ad to
Craigslist for his barracks room. From Marine Corps Times' BattleRattle blog,
which notes that it wasn't a "terminal lance" doing the prank: "...He described
a 225 square-foot barracks room as a lovely space in a gated community with
wake-up calls and 'motivation specialists.' The staff sergeant said he has
since received a lot of fan mail." More here.
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Monday, August 11, 2014
By Gordon Lubold
The White House has begun directly providing weapons to Kuridsh forces in
northern Iraq. AP's Lita Baldor, travelling with SecDef Hagel in Australia,
and Matthew Lee: "...Previously, the U.S. had insisted on only selling arms to
the Iraqi government in Baghdad, but the Kurdish peshmerga fighters had been
losing ground to Islamic State militants in recent weeks. The officials
wouldn't say which U.S. agency is providing the arms or what weapons are being
sent, but one official said it isn't the Pentagon. The CIA has historically
done similar quiet arming operations." The rest here.
Maliki becomes the new Assad and the Kurds take back some cities. Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is digging in, refusing to get out of the way,
even as the U.S. has not-so-quietly hinted that it is prepared to take its
support to help the Iraqis to the next level if the Shiite leader steps aside.
But he's starting to sound a lot like another leader Washington has wanted
out, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. And even as the Kurds make inroads
against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or, as it's now called, the
Islamic State (IS), Maliki's recalcitrance creates a major roadblock for the
U.S.
Maliki made a fiery speech Sunday, and Iraqi special forces surrounded the
government complex in Baghdad's Green Zone.
The WaPo's Loveday Morris: "In actions that had all the markings of a
political coup, Maliki gave a definite late-night speech in Baghdad, saying he
would lodge a legal case against the country's president, who has resisted
naming him as the candidate for another term as prime minister." The rest
here.
On Saturday, before leaving for a family vacation on Martha's Vineyard,
Obama attempted to manage the expectations of the American public - this is
not a short-term endeavor. Lubold: "This is going to be a long-term project,"
Obama said on the White House North Lawn Saturday morning as he reiterated
that American combat troops would not be deployed to conduct ground operations
there. In the meantime, as U.S. forces conduct humanitarian operations and
airstrikes to protect American military personnel and citizens in northern
Iraq, what's important, Obama said, is for the Shiite-led government in Baghdad
to reach a political settlement to allow all Iraqis to feel a part of the
government. That, he said, is a "long-term campaign... We can help, we can
advise, but we can't do it for them, and the U.S. military cannot do it for
them," Obama said.
More of what Obama said, including his defense of removing American forces
from Iraq and his reiteration that no ground forces would enter the fight,
here.
Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. Lukman Faily, to Situation Report yesterday:
"The new area of military cooperation has been a significant sign that we both
face a common enemy... we are getting significant support from the U.S.,
however, we still have a major need for better air capability - that still for
us is the weakest point, or at least our biggest area we need to improve on."
Faily, on the long-term: "Nobody is thinking this is a quick and easy
endeavor moving forward, and nobody should think this is a quick and easy
endeavor moving forward."
Former commander of U.S. forces in Mosul Carter Ham to ABC's Martha Raddatz
yesterday on This Week: "I think the initial strikes are already having some
effect, a few strikes by the U.S., many more by the Iraqi Air Force.. it
appears to have at least given pause to the Islamic extremists as they seek to
advance... but much more effort will be required to achieve a positive outcome
longer term." And on ground troops: "It will be very difficult without U.S.
ground forces or ground forces of others, which they may be willing to
participate, but it really centers around: the president is right - there
really has to be a responsible government in Baghdad to which a future Iraqi
army can be loyal. A first chyron: Ham was identified on This Week as part of
SBD Advisors, LLC - as in Sally B. Donnelly Advisors, LLC.
Video of airdrops to Iraqis stuck on Mount Sinjar, here.
Welcome to Monday's edition of Situation Report, where we're flying solo
today because Nathaniel is deservedly unplugging for a week and technical
"challenges" in the cockpit today mean we're offering an abridged version of
SitRep. If you'd like to be one of our subscribers, we'd love to have you.
Sign up for Situation Report by sending us a note at
gordon.lub...@foreignpolicy.com and we'll just stick you on. Like what you see?
Tell a friend. And if you have a report you want teased, a piece of news, or
a good tidbit, you, send it to us early for maximum tease. And the more
shovel-ready, the better. And hey! Follow us: @glubold and @njsobe4.
A street thug-turned-America's newest most wanted: How did we get here? The
NYT's Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt look at the arrest of ISIS' Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, then known as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry, when he was arrested
by U.S. forces in 2004 and brought to - remember this place? - the Camp Bucca
detention facility. Their story: "... Despite his reach for global stature,
Mr. Baghdadi, in his early 40s, in many ways has remained more mysterious than
any of the major jihadi figures who preceded him." Read the rest of this Page
Oner here.
Did U.S. intelligence agencies fail to see the warning signs? Probably not
completely, because despite the challenges of collecting intelligence in a
place like Iraq where there was up until recently a tiny American footprint,
American intel agencies had eyes on the problem. But was it more of an issue of
persuasion - sounding the alarm to U.S. policymakers back in Washington - and
those inside the White House who would be reluctant to hear such alarms anyway?
The debate begins. The WSJ's Siobhan Gorman and Julian Barnes under the Page
One headline "U.S. Spies Missed Urgency of Threat": "...The inability of U.S.
spy agencies to provide details about the timing of Islamic State offensives
or their likelihood of success has touched off debate among U.S.
national-security officials about whether intelligence on the group has been
adequate. The struggle to understand the capabilities of the group reflects
the difficulty of collecting detailed intelligence on its internal planning.
"Collection is tough," one senior U.S. official acknowledged.
"That is the challenge facing intelligence officials and the U.S. military
as American warplanes launch waves of airstrikes. The success of the strikes
may depend in part on how well the U.S. is able to read the group." Read the
rest here.
Chuck Hagel continues his overseas trip today in the Pacific, where he is in
Australia.
BAM! A Friday tweet still relevant on Monday and beyond: "@CrowleyTIME: that
bugle you hear is playing taps for the Asia pivot.
There's a "big lie" Americans tell themselves about genocide, even though
preventing it has never been a "core interest" of Americans. The White House
has relied heavily on the pictures of stranded Iraqis, starving and thirsty,
to sell this new American intervention on a war-wary/weary public. It makes it
easier to send jet fighters and drones to drop bombs in a country many
Americans felt they had washed their hands of years ago. But this is not
something the U.S. is good at necessarily, argues Dhruva Jaishankar for FP:
"...The current generation seems to believe that preventing genocide around
the world is and has always been in the United States' interest. From calls to
intervene in Syria, to activism around 'Save Darfur,' to attention paid to
anti-Rohingya Muslim violence in Myanmar, there is widespread believe that the
United States will intervene in troubled spots around the world. But
Washington has always had a dismal record of stopping genocides and ethnic
cleansing, and that is unlikely to change." More here.
Hey, isn't that Tara Napier - now Tara Napier Harrison, the former assistant
to Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell - on the new BP ad? Don't blink, but
why yes it is. Harrison, who, with Morrell, joined BP after leaving the
Pentagon, appears briefly in a new BP ad touting the company's role in
American jobs that's been broadcast heavily during Sunday shows.
Starting today, Former Hagel Deputy Chief of Staff Wendy Anderson joins
Penny Pritzker at the Department of Commerce. Anderson, who was one of three
individuals under consideration by Defense Secretary Hagel to be his chief of
staff, left the Pentagon last month, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and tomorrow
starts as the new Chief of Staff at the Department of Commerce. That means
Hagel will likely pick one of two people to be his right-hand-person: Elissa
Slotkin or Rex Ryu - and that decision should be coming shortly. Pritzker, in
an email to staff Friday: "Wendy is a seasoned leader who comes to us with
great expertise... While at Defense, Wendy was twice awarded the Department of
Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the Department's highest
civilian award, presented by both Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel."
"...Wendy is also a veteran of the Senate, having served as professional
staff on the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,
managing the international security portfolio for the Subcommittee on
International Security, and serving as the intelligence liaison for Senator
Barbara Mikulski on the Senate Intelligence Committee... As you know, I am very
excited about our team and talent - all of you - that we have within our
Department. I know Wendy is excited to help us execute our mission of
delivering real results for America's businesses, communities and our people."
Israeli negotiators are in Cairo for peace talks as the latest 72-hour
cease-fire begins. Reuters this hour: "...A month of war has killed 1,910
Palestinians and 67 Israelis while devastating wide tracts of densely
populated Gaza. Gaza hospital officials say the Palestinian death toll has
been mainly civilian since the July 8 launch of Israel's military campaign to
quell Gaza rocket fire. Israel has lost 64 soldiers and three civilians, while
heavy losses among civilians and the destruction of thousands of homes in Gaza
have drawn international condemnation. The Israeli delegation to the Cairo
talks had flown home on Friday when the sides failed to reach a deal to
prolong a previous three-day truce." More here.
There's war-weariness in Gaza. The NYT's Jodi Rudoren: "...After more than a
month of war, the people of Gaza are sad, of course, at 1,900 lives lost. They
are angry, too: at Israel for destroying some 10,000 homes, at the Arab
leaders who seem unmoved, the Western ones who seem unable to move, and even,
quietly, at the Palestinian militants who built tunnels under their
neighborhoods. But mostly they are spent - from weeks of being stuck inside
with scant hours of electricity and waiting in line for potable water, but
also from years of feeling stuck in what they universally describe as a
prison." More here.
In Gaza, the war is far from over. FP's David Kenner: "[In Gaza] the horror
stories seek you out: The man living in a crowded United Nations Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp who hasn't had the money to repair his house
since it was damaged in the 2012 war; the 7-year-old girl who interrupts an
interview to interject that her father has been killed; the exhausted general
manager of Shifa Hospital, who spoke mournfully about how his staff was
performing surgeries in waiting rooms because all of the operating rooms were
full. These people all said that this war was easily the worst of the three
conflicts with Israel since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007. And all of
them maintained that Hamas should continue striking Israel until its demands
are met." More here.
Ukrainian forces say they are close to taking rebel-held Donetsk. Reuters
this morning: " The Ukrainian military said on Monday it was preparing for a
'final stage' of taking back the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatists
after making significant gains that have split rebel forces on the ground.
Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Kiev's troops had now cut Donetsk off from the
other main rebel-held city of Luhansk, 150 km (90 miles) away, on the border
with Russia.
"'The forces of the anti-terrorist operation are preparing for the final
stage of liberating Donetsk,' Lysenko told Reuters. 'Our forces have
completely cut Donetsk off from Luhansk. We are working to liberate both towns
but it's better to liberate Donetsk first - it is more important.'" More here.
We missed this Friday: FP's Tom Ricks publishes a letter from an Army major,
Maj. Charles V. Slider III , who was "fired" from the Army for a DUI some
years ago despite a record of high accomplishment. Slider: "... On August 1, I
was notified of my removal from active duty service. Although I accept this
fate, this is not justifiable due to the sacrifices that both my family and I
have endured." Read his letter here.
The First Vietnamese-American becomes a general. Read about that here.
So this Marine did a funny. A Marine at Camp Lejeune, N.C. posted an ad to
Craigslist for his barracks room. From Marine Corps Times' BattleRattle blog,
which notes that it wasn't a "terminal lance" doing the prank: "...He described
a 225 square-foot barracks room as a lovely space in a gated community with
wake-up calls and 'motivation specialists.' The staff sergeant said he has
since received a lot of fan mail." More here.
Register at ForeignPolicy.com to receive Situation Report and other FP
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The Big Lie Americans Tell Themselves
by Dhruva Jaishankar
How to Take a Picture of a Severed Head
by Sebastian Meyer, Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer
The Peacock Angel and the Pythagorean Theorem
by Gerard Russell
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