UNITED STATES:Iraq prompts new anti-insurgent strategy

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  • Political context
  • Election-influenced timetable
  • Openness to change
  • Baker group
  • Core contentions
  • Increase risk tolerance
  • Limited force
  • Intelligence-led operations
  • Challenging force 'transformation'
  • Doctrinal limitations
  • Imperfect analogies
  • Military-centric?
  • Operational implications
  • Clear-hold-build
  • Nurturing public support
  • Longer term, smaller scale

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