The War in Iraq

In the fog of war, chance or willful misperceptions often happen for ideological or partisan reasons. By late 2005, the "al-Qaeda in Iraq" group was getting out of hand and on some Sunni tribal militias' nerves. There was also inter-group rivalry in the smuggling trade, with one tribe allied with al-Qaeda putting another out of business. The Sunni tribal groups in Anbar province not allied with al-Qaeda then came together against random...