Saturday, April 19, 2008

Occupying Iraq (2003-2007)

Listen to "Occupying Iraq (2003-2007)"

This episode covers the period between Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" and the change in coalition leadership (from General Casey to General Petraeus). The following major events and topics are discussed:

  • 2003: Deaths of Saddam's two sons (Qusay and Uday), capture of Saddam, Baathist Purge, National Museum looting, and Bremer's disbanding of the Iraqi Army.
  • 2004: Sectarian violence and displacement, Operation Vigiliant Resolve (1st Fallujah), Battle of Ramadi, Battle of Husaybah, Battle of Mosul, Operation Phanton Fury (2nd Fallujah), Blackwater USA, medals of honor.
  • 2005: January and December Legislative Elections, Battle of Haditha, Abu Ghraib.
  • 2006: Handing three provinces to Iraqi authority, death of Zarqawi, execution of Saddam, Al-Askari mosque bombing, Operation Together Forward (Baghdad), Battle of Ramadi.
  • 2007: Battle of Haifa Street (Baghdad), creation of the new Counterinsurgency Field Manual (3-24).
For more information, read:
Iraq Study Group Report
Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24
No End in Sight (film)
http://iraq.liveleak.com/
www.iraqstatusreport.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFijzDyJnVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfmuHr4_b8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGQaPYzFZ8o

Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you have time/inclination, you may want to write about General David Petraeus. He's pretty accomplished and very interesting. I'd offer to write the episode myself, but it's near the end of the semester for me and I have term papers and exams to deal with presently.

6:14 PM  
Blogger Michael said...

Incident at Haditha was not a massacre and the charges have been dropped. Only one sergeant remains on trial.

http://www.warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines/HadithaNoWarCrime-31Dec07.htm

8:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Regarding your Haditha story. I would appreciate if you would retract your statements about us (the USMC) concerning what transpired in Haditha. Maybe you could do a show on Propaganda and how it is formed and used. You have definately (sp) fallen prey to it (I am willing to give you the benefit of a doubt that this serious oversight was not intentional). When such strong accusations are made against someone they should be thoroughly looked into before adding them to your fine Podcast.

7:37 PM  
Anonymous Headquarter said...

good job bro...

8:12 PM  

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