Chapter 29 – Awakenings | Bastards & Brothers

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HUSAYBAH, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers raise the Iraqi flag at the Husaybah Youth Center at the flag raising ceremony, which signifies that the Iraqi Army soldiers occupy the city of Husaybah. The transition of the Iraqi Army occupying the city from the U.S. forces is the first of many to come. (USMC photo)

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Footnotes:

1. Joey Habay, interview with author
2. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
3. Chris Starling, interview with author
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Jim Calvert, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
7. Insurgency Study, Ch5, p95. “The Defense Minister’s message was eagerly adopted by Hamza Battalion recruiters, who told prospective members that their group would form the basis for the new Iraqi National Guard and police in Al-Qaim as soon as AQI was defeated.”
8. Sheikh Sabah, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA. Edited slightly for clarity. In the interview, Sabah said “Iraqi trainees” reached Akashat, referring to men from the Albu Mahal who were to be trained by the Americans.
9. Stephen Davis, interview with author
10. The 2005 Iraqi Sunni Awakening: The Desert Protectors Program. JSOU, Oct 2015, p39
11. Testing the Surge, International Security, Summer 2012
12. Stephen Davis, interview with author
13. Martin Adams, interview in Awakening, Vol III
14. The 2005 Iraqi Sunni Awakening: The Desert Protectors Program. JSOU, Oct 2015, p39
15. Jim Calvert, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
16. Stephen Davis, interview with author
17. Brendan Heatherman, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
18. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
19. Insurgency Study, Ch5, p107. “Turnout across Anbar was estimated at 22% or 118,000 of the 530,000 eligible voters in the province.”
20. Insurgents Assert Control Over Town Near Syrian Border, Washington Post, 9sep05
21. Insurgency Study, ch 5, p107
22. Jim Calvert, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
23. The Battle for Al-Qaim, USMC History Division, 2013, p25-28
24. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
25. The Battle for Al-Qaim, USMC History Division, 2013, p29
26. “Operation Steel Curtain closes along Iraq’s Syrian Border”, Stars & Stripes, 24nov05
27. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
28. Insurgency Study, Ch5, p110
29. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
30. Ibid.
31. “Husaybah ceremony marks new era on Syrian border”, MNFI, 7dec05
32. Chris Starling, interview with author
33. “Husaybah ceremony marks new era on Syrian border”, MNFI, 7dec05
34. Chris Starling, interview with author
35. Stephen Davis, interview with author
36. Rich Pitchford, interview in Awakening Vol IIIA
37. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
38. Elections, Violence and Democracy in Iraq, Bridgewater Review, Jun06
39. “Anger, hope drive Sunnis to vote”, Christian Science Monitor, 16dec05
40. Dale Alford, interview in Awakening Vol IIIA
41. Ibid.
42. Ismael Sha Hamid Dulaymi, interview in Awakening Vol IIIA
43. Nick Marano, interview in Awakening Vol IIIA
44. Insurgency Study, Ch5, p117
45. “Al-Qaem offers glimpse of post-war order in Sunni heartland”, Financial Times, 5may06
46. “Masri Now Leads Iraq Al Qaeda, Coalition Officials Say”, AFPS, 16jun06
47. “Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker”, Washington Post, 28nov06
48. Insurgency Study, Ch6
49. The U.S. Army in the Iraq War: Vol I, U.S. Army War College, Ch 21, pg 612-619
50. Sattar killed: Sunni Sheikh who backed U.S. is killed, NYT, 14sep07
51. Whitehouse Archives, speech transcript, 10jan07
52. Frank Diorio, interview in Awakening Vol IIIA
53. Ibid.
54. Sheikh Sabah, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
55. The 2005 Iraqi Sunni Awakening: The Desert Protectors Program. JSOU, Oct 2015, p2
56. Nick Marano, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
57. Sheikh Kurdi, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA

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3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines and the fight for Al-Qaim, Iraq