The Business of Insurgency: The Expansion of Iraq's Shadow Economy

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Looney, Robert
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2005
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Fall 2005
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Media attention on the insurgency in Iraq has tended to focus on dramatic incidents or horrific acts of violence. At the same time, policymakers in the U.S. and other coalition countries have often viewed the insurgency in largely political terms. Yet particularly worrisome is the convergence of large segments of the Iraqi insurgency with elements of organized crime. Unfortunately, improved anti-terrorism effectiveness has resulted in increased resort to criminal activity among several significant groups within the insurgency...
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The National Interest, Fall 2005
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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