Q3882 Counterinsurgency Guide 2009: from 2006 to Counterinsurgency Guide Oct 2009

Q3882 provided the 2009 “US Government Counterinsurgency Guide, Jan 2009”. [67 pg pdf] This is a update of the Oct 2007 “Work in Progress” guide. The US Counterinsurgency Guide development began in 2006. In Nov 2007, the US State Deartment issued the press release “Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers: A Work in Progress”:

US Department of State Nov 14 2007

Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers: A Work in Progress

To meet the challenges of the post-September 11 security environment, the State Department, the Defense Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development have led a collaborative effort to produce an Interim Counterinsurgency Guide for U.S. government policy makers.

This primer on insurgency and counterinsurgency draws on existing literature and recent experience to educate and inform policy makers. It is informed by the relevant experience of our allies, notably Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as input from host nations with whom we are partnering in counterinsurgency campaigns.

An interagency drafting group, with representatives from nine U.S. Government departments and agencies, developed the Interim Counterinsurgency Guide over a nine- month period. The primer is one component of the Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative (ICI), a combined State/Defense initiative launched in September 2006 to develop an integrated U.S. government approach to 21st century insurgencies. In the coming months, the interagency partners of the ICI will continue to revise the guide.

https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/nov/95191.htm

In October 2007 the US State department issued the 42 page guide:

Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers A Work In Progress

US Department of State Publication 11546

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

Released October 2007

https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps119897/LPS119897.pdf [42pg pdf]

Tried Appendix C “Website Links to Assessment & Modeling Tools” links but they no longer work for the six files listed, 404.

Further digging revealed a followup to the Jan 2009 manual. The manual was prepared by direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The publication was issued Oct 5, 2009, available as a 249 pg pdf file.

Joint Publication 3-24

Counterinsurgency Operations

5 October 2009

“Ends. Insurgencies generally share some combination of

four common objectives: political change, overthrow of the

government, resistance against an outside actor, or nullifying

political control in an area.” [page xi]

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_24-2009.pdf [249 pg pdf]

A resource that provided details for the dig…

Q3856

Define Evergreen [HRC USSS code name]

Non-standard defintion.

Think depopulation.

The Silent War continues…

Online public library resource … The Evergreen Indiana Open-Source ILS Initiative

Sept 2006 Prepare a Counterinsurgency Program

Oct 2007 Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers A Work In Progress [42 pg]

Nov 2007 US State Department press release

Jan 2009 US Government Counterinsurgency Guide [67 pg]

Oct 2009 Joint Publication 3-24 Counterinsurgency Operations [249 pg]

June 2014 Megacities and the United States Army Preparing for a Complex and Uncertain Future [28 pg]

To present… found a resource that provides many abstracts and article used by the US military and State Department

Here is a 10 page abstract by the Brookings Institute in 2016,

America’s History of Counterinsurgency

By Michael O’Hanlon Director of Research and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_counterinsurgency_ohanlon.pdf

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Q3882 Counterinsurgency Guide 2009: from 2006 to Counterinsurgency Guide Oct 2009

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Initial source for early development was the Evergreen Indiana library system online.

The Evergreen Indiana Open-Source ILS Initiative

Evergreen Indiana is a growing consortium of more than 100 public, school and institutional libraries located throughout Indiana that use the Evergreen ILS. Patrons of member libraries can use their Evergreen Indiana library card to view the catalogs and borrow materials from the other member libraries. For a full list of participating libraries, please visit the Member Libraries page.

The Evergreen Indiana project is being funded by the Indiana State Library through Library Services and Technology Act [LSTA] grants and participant membership fees. The services provided by the State Library include purchasing and maintaining the central servers, personnel costs in operating the system, training, software development, data conversion, and other related expenses.

The Evergreen Indiana project is being funded by a combination of Library Services and Technology Act [LSTA] grants and participant membership fees. Requests for membership are approved by the Executive Committee at its regularly scheduled meetings. Libraries interested in joining the consortium must have Board of Trustees approval and submit a completed Membership Application Packet. For more information about joining Evergreen Indiana, please visit the Join Evergreen Indiana page.

https://www.in.gov/library/evergreen.htm

Diggs also revealed other publications on the US government implementing Counterinsurgency policies. Some example links provided:

Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency

by Stacy S. Lamon, Ph.D., Nahama Broner, Ph.D., John Hollywood, Ph.D., and COL Billy McFarland, USAR

https://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/488-lamon-etal.pdf

Several hits on Small World Journal, the website provides hundreds of articles and abstracts, many describing policies and lessons from recent US military operations around the globe. Excellent source for reading material on recent operations, Iraq, Pakistan, Aleppo, etc.

Small Wars Journal Foundation

Small Wars Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose purpose is:

• to facilitate the exchange of information among practitioners, thought leaders, and students of small wars, in order to advance knowledge and capabilities in the field;

• to assist in the creation, capture, sharing, and application of knowledge of small wars;

• and ultimately to advance self-determination, freedom, and prosperity for those populations effected by the conduct of small wars.

Small Wars Foundation's current program activity is supporting the small wars community by operating Small Wars Journal. We are working to increase our capacity, enhance the services offered via Small Wars Journal, and add additional programs beyond the site consistent with the Foundation's exempt purposes.

Small Wars Foundation is governed by its Board of Directors. The current Directors are Dave Dilegge, Dan Kelly, Dave Maxwell, and Bill Nagle.

https://smallwarsjournal.com/content/foundation

Extensive list of articles/abstracts on military operations and counterinsurgency practices

https://smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/urban_operations/main

examples of articles/abstracts:

Intuition, the City, and War (2019)

https://mwi.usma.edu/intuition-city-war/

MEGACITIES AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY PREPARING FOR A COMPLEX AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE

https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/351235.pdf [June 2014 28 pages]

[selected example for the title and date for Anons to read]

Extensive list of articles

https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent

Also digs on the Department of State Bureau of Military Affairs which handles military aid, training and trade between the US and foreign nations (the spooks diplomatic cover jobs, kek)

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Also other Anon diggs listed in Notables

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Ilhan Omar stole my husband, DC mom claims in divorce papers

NY Post Aug 27, 2019

https://nypost.com/2019/08/27/my-husband-dumped-me-for-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-mom-says-in-divorce-filing/

A Washington, DC, mom says her political-consultant husband left her for Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to a bombshell divorce filing obtained by The Post.

Dr. Beth Mynett says her cheating spouse, Tim Mynett, told her in April that he was having an affair with the Somali-born US representative — and that he even made a “shocking declaration of love” for the Minnesota congresswoman before he ditched his wife, alleges the filing, submitted in DC Superior Court on Tuesday.

The physician, 55, and her 38-year-old husband — who has worked for left-wing Democrats such as Omar and her Minnesota predecessor, Keith Ellison — have a 13-year-old son together.

“The parties physically separated on or about April 7, 2019, when Defendant told Plaintiff that he was romantically involved with and in love with another woman, Ilhan Omar,” the court papers say.

“Defendant met Rep. Omar while working for her,’’ the document states. “Although devastated by the betrayal and deceit that preceded his abrupt declaration, Plaintiff told Defendant that she loved him, and was willing to fight for the marriage.

“Defendant, however, told her that was not an option for him’’ and moved out the next day, the papers say.

“It is clear to Plaintiff that her marriage to Defendant is over and that there is no hope of reconciliation,’’ according to the filing.

Ilhan Omar should be probed over payments to 'lover': watchdog group

The Mynetts lived together for six years before marrying in 2012, the filing said.

Omar — a member of “the Squad,” a group of far left-leaning female freshman House members including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and two others — recently separated from her husband, according to reports.

The 37-year-old congresswoman and mom of three paid Tim Mynett and his E. Street Group approximately $230,000 through her campaign since 2018 for fundraising consulting, digital communications, internet advertising and travel expenses.

Omar was spotted enjoying time with Tim Mynett at a California restaurant in March.

Beth Mynett is seeking primary physical custody of her and her husband’s son in part because of Tim Mynett’s “extensive travel” with Omar — which isn’t exactly part of his job description, the document says.

“Defendant’s more recent travel and long work hours now appear to be more related to his affair with Rep. Omar than with his actual work commitments,” the court papers state.

When he was home, “he was preoccupied and emotionally volatile,’’ Beth Mynett says of her estranged spouse. Meanwhile, the mom has been juggling “the vast majority of responsibilities related to [their son’s] school, medical care, and extracurricular activities,’’ the papers say.

The doctor argued that she doesn’t trust her husband’s judgment with their son anymore — in part because of his relationship with Omar.

“By way of example, days prior to Defendant’s devastating and shocking declaration of love for Rep. Omar and admission of their affair, he and Rep. Omar took the parties’ son to dinner to formally meet for the first time at the family’s favorite neighborhood restaurant while Plaintiff was out of town,” the papers state.

“Rep. Omar gave the parties’ son a gift and the Defendant later brought her back inside the family’s home,” the papers say.

Beth Mynett said in the filing that the most concerning thing about the excursion was her hubby’s decision to “put his son in harm’s way by taking him out in public with Rep. Omar, who at that time had garnered a plethora of media attention along with death threats, one rising to the level of arresting the known would-be assassin that same week.”

The physician said her husband “has a history of emotional volatility, that can

cause him to become easily angered and rageful,’’ according to the papers.

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