US/IRAQ: Coalition struggles to build state authority

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In this article

  • Coalition security setbacks
  • Building the ISF
  • 'Reconstructing' security
  • Military involvement
  • Promising signs
  • Steep challenges
  • Technical execution
  • State political legitimacy
  • Army loyalties
  • Interior Ministry intrigues
  • Worsening environment
  • US response

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