Ideal, American commanders figured, for the insurgents to disrupt the coming parliamentary elections.
In 2006, the United States failed to weed out the group in Anbar — then known as the Islamic State in Iraq — until brigade commanders figured out a way to turn the population against it by working with an already existing tribal rebellion in Ramadi.
When they built the course, commanders figured that if they couldn't fit in all 18 holes in the compact camp, they'd compensate by making it difficult.
This analysis provided a clear view of the required tasks and outcomes but again, the "how" was left to the Brigade commander to figure out later in the process.
battalion commanders to figure it out on the ground," he added, referring to the American and Iraqi security force commanders.
Skirmishes between them are common, and tensions have already emerged between militia commanders and figures in the transitional government.
12 November 2011 A Revolutionary Guard commander, a key figure in Iran's missile programme, and 16 others die in an explosion at an ammunition depot near Tehran.
He studied philosophy with a priest before joining the Communist party and then the Farc, emerging as a senior military commander and crucial figure in the guerrillas' strategic and doctrinal direction during war and towards peace.
The powerful figure, commander of the elite Quds force of the Iranian revolutionary guards, did not meet the beleaguered Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, or Iraqi generals, but the militia leaders likely to play a role in taking the fight to Isis.
The Pentagon estimates that 20,000 Russian troops may now be in Crimea, while the Ukrainian border guards' commander puts the figure at 30,000.
