ESSAY
"Unconventional Warfare in Iraq"

Categories

Peter VanBuskirk

April 1, 2003

World

National

Iraq/Iraqi war

Media

Public response

Complex systems

Technological fix

Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"It is well known now that Iraqi soldiers are using unconventional warfare tactics against the United States.  The power of America's army is too great for an Iraqi army to confront it in open combat, so it must resort to deception....
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Unconventional warfare will hurt U.S. public support of “Operation: Iraqi Freedom” due to over- or improper exposure by media.  Guerrilla warfare in the end will make this war long a frustrating, but will not do anything to help the Iraqis win."

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