Al Anbar Case Study

Al Anbar, located in western Iraq, is the largest of the country’s 18 provinces. The area, because of its Sunni majority and porous borders with Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, became a convenient safe haven for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and its supporters. Until late 2006, AQI had terrorized the civi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Brooke Stearns Lawson, Terrence K. Kelly, Michelle Parker, Kimberly Colloton, Jessica Watkins
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Asian history Asian studies Behavioral sciences Ethnography Ethnology Human geography International borders Islam Political geography Religion Social sciences Spiritual belief systems Sunni Umayyad Caliphate Western Asian history
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Zusammenfassung:	Al Anbar, located in western Iraq, is the largest of the country’s 18 provinces. The area, because of its Sunni majority and porous borders with Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, became a convenient safe haven for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and its supporters. Until late 2006, AQI had terrorized the civilian population by enforcing strict adherence to sharia law until the Anbar Awakening occurred and local Sunni tribes banded together to reject Al Qaeda. The expansive border of Al Anbar has presented problems for securing Iraq and has made the province a gateway for terrorists and weapons flowing in