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(U//FOUO) SINIO Seminar: Iraq -- By the Numbers
FROM: Dr. David H. Shore
Chief, Strategic Intelligence Issues (S17)
Run Date: 10/25/2006
What: SINIO Seminar
When: 1 November 2006, from 1030 to 1200
Where: Ops 1, room 2N044
Advance registration is required. See below for instructions.
(U) The SINIO Council and the National Cryptologic School are pleased to present the 20th in a
series of Strategic Intelligence Issue Seminars for 2006. " Iraq - By the Numbers ... Prospects
for Stability, Insurgency, and U.S. Presence " will be presented by
D/SINIO
for Near East.
Course Overview:
(U//FOUO) To an almost numbed public, the war in Iraq exists as a daily experiment in futility.
A rising body count on all sides, failing infrastructure and deep ethno-sectarian divisions
threaten to fracture Iraq with regional implications. Taken in 30-second sound bites, sensational
factoids and photo ops, it would appear that progress is a long distant goal.
(U//FOUO) Iraq - By the Numbers is a blow-by-blow look at the major issues in Iraq. The good,
the bad and the ugly are laid out and explored. We'll look at the SIGNT behind the stories, and
the significance glossed over by the daily grind of mainstream media reporting. The discussion
will include, but isn't limited to:
The Insurgency
The Ethnosectarian Divide
Elections, Democratization and Government Formation
Chances for Stability
Rather than claim to have all the answers, Iraq - By the Numbers will explore whether we're
asking the right questions. What would a "democratic Iraq" realistically look like to Iraq? Are
there sufficient levels of safety, security and working infrastructure for the "average Iraqi" to
even care about democracy? What are the regional implications of the apparent progress in the
primarily Kurdish north? These and other questions will be addressed as we attempt to make
some order out of the puzzle that is Iraq.
(U//FOUO) To register, and for further info on this series of seminars, please consult the SINIO
Brown Bag Seminars Website . Any questions or concerns regarding registration should be
directed to the NCS.
(U//FOUO) POCs:
Dr. David H. Shore, Chief, Strategic Intelligence Issues
National Cryptologic Schoo
Executive to the SINIO Council
, D/SINIO for Near East
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