tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post8936588320161244947..comments2024-01-28T09:52:33.515-05:00Comments on al Sahwa: Warrant Based Targeting: The Iraq ModelPat Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937507399915070637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-57319116452390274982010-04-09T10:34:34.964-04:002010-04-09T10:34:34.964-04:00More good news from Mosul! US and Iraqi Forces con...More good news from Mosul! US and Iraqi Forces continue to get after AQI leadership in the city with the capture of the newly appointed Mosul Emir and Mosul Military Emir. Check out the <a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/iraqi_forces_capture.php" rel="nofollow"> full story on the Long War Journal here </a>. <br /><br />Very interesting that the press release explains that both leaders were captured in vehicle interdictions (VI) within the city limits. Good luck at a random checkpoint? Hmmm...Pat Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937507399915070637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-67253231602261165872010-04-09T10:31:17.322-04:002010-04-09T10:31:17.322-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15229922275251649001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-2383837693495485412010-04-09T10:30:35.614-04:002010-04-09T10:30:35.614-04:00http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/ira...http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/iraqi_forces_capture.php<br /><br />The Crux of my argument is, warrant based targeting lends itself more to large operations than continous targeting. The above link highlights more success in Northern Iraq which, on the surface, alludes to continuous targeting rather than the large operation model. Towards the end of my last depolyment I began to formulate an idea that I couldn't completely flush out. I believe that for rougly two weeks after a successful round of targeting, the new replacement has to adopt his predecessor's pattern of life in order to gain initial contact with his subordinates. Often in terror networks, the leadership do not allow their subordinates to completely know everything about each other in an attempt to limit successful exploitation of captured cell members. I think that this latest round of successful targeting occured within the two week period where the replacement leader had to adopt a similar patern of life that the counterinsurgents where intimately familiar with.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15229922275251649001noreply@blogger.com