id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000058945407 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Current operations and the political transition in Iraq : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, hearing held March 17, 2005 4.AR 5/2 A:2005-2006/31 2006 .txt text/plain 39883 2431 66 Authority for Iraq; Dr. Steven Metz, Chairman of Regional Strategy and Planning, Research Professor of National Security Affairs; We need to have a realistic sense of whether integrating the Shiite, Sunni and Kurd ethnic factions into Iraq's security forces and into the government has STRATEGY AND PLANNING, RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE background of examining insurgencies around the world for a number of years, I am convinced that in general the reaction of the Department of Defense and the military and their adaptation has I think our forces are a moderating influence that keeps the various major groups within Iraq from going at one another. the hearts and minds and provide for the security of the Iraqi people; their capacity to begin to deal with the insurgency. at human intelligence in Iraq, but for the new Iraqi security forces ./cache/pst.000058945407.pdf ./txt/pst.000058945407.txt