Military and Security Affairs Writer

David McCormack

1 article 2010

David McCormack contributed to The Weekly Standard, writing on Middle Eastern security and military affairs. His work for the magazine focused on the Anbar Awakening, a pivotal development in the Iraq War involving Sunni tribal cooperation with U.S. forces.

Understanding the Anbar Awakening

December 22, 2010 · Iraq, War, Blog

At the height of the Iraqi insurgency, Dr. Thamer al-Assafi, a former Iraqi commando combat veteran of the Iran-Iraq war who later served as a cleric and a faculty member at Al-Anbar University,turned against “foreign Arabs” who attempted to control the local mosques. The power grab by outsiders…