Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents
Subtitle: Organizing Crime in Iraq
Publisher: US Army War College: Strategis Studies Institute
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
Description: The author identifies the roots of organized crime in Ba'athist Iraq and reports on major criminal activities including the theft, diversion, and smuggling of oil, the kidnapping of both Iraqis and foreigners, extortion, car theft, and the theft and smuggling of antiquities. The author also reports on how al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaish-al-Mahdi, and the Sunni tribes used criminal activities to fund their campaigns of political violence.