Sunni insurgent groups (top row): Jihad Factions of Iraq, Al-Qassas Brigade, Al-Rashedeen Army, Islamic State of Iraq, Mujahideen Army; (bottom row) Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), 1920 Revolution Brigades, IAI. _From_ “Salon.com”:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/02/insurgency/
Evan Kohlmann from “GlobalTerrorAlert.com”:http://www.globalterroralert.com/about.htm gives a primer on who is fighing who in Iraq in an “interview with Salon”:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/02/insurgency/.
bq. *Describe the insurgency.*
You have to be careful when you say “insurgency.” You have to distinguish between the Shiite militias and the actual insurgency, which is the Sunni groups. Most of the Shiite militia activity is not directed at the U.S., it’s directed at the Sunnis. The Sunni insurgency, meanwhile, is directed at everyone — the U.S., the Iraqi government, the militias.
_Via_ “Danger Room”:http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/03/five_for_fighti_1.html
About Younghusband
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was a British explorer, army officer, military-political officer, and foreign correspondent born in India who led expeditions into Manchuria, Kashgar, and
Tibet. He three times tried and failed to scale Mt. Everest and journeyed from China to India, crossing the Gobi desert and the Mustagh Pass (alt. c.19,000 ft/5,791 m) of the Karakoram mountain range in modern day Pakistan. Convinced of Russian designs on British interests in India, Younghusband proactively engaged in the nineteenth century spying and conflict over Central Asia between the British and the Russians known as the Great Game.
"Younghusband" is a Canadian who has spent a number of years bouncing back and forth between his home country and Japan. Fluent in Japanese and English with experience in numerous other languages from Spanish to Georgian, Younghusband has travelled throughout Asia. He graduated with an MA from the War Studies Department at the
Royal Military College of Canada, where he focussed on the Japanese oil industry and energy security issues. He has recently returned to Canada from Japan, and is working in the technology sector.
Very informative — and worth keeping in mind.
Question: why does the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) symbol show a giant turd coming out of the northern part of Iraq? Is that a greater territorial claim? Some symbol?
Maybe coz it rhymes with “Kurd” and they come from the north?
I kid! I kid!