Military and Security Analyst

Jessica Lewis

1 article 2014

Jessica Lewis contributed to The Weekly Standard with reporting on security and conflict in the Middle East. Her 2014 article examined the rise of extremist forces in Fallujah, Iraq. She is a military and counterterrorism analyst who has worked with the Institute for the Study of War.

Black Flags over Fallujah

January 20, 2014 · Iraq, Magazine, Foreign Policy

The United States is sending more military aid to Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki to fight al Qaeda in Fallujah and Ramadi. This is understandable. The resurgence of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is a clear threat to Maliki’s government and the Iraqi people, and its leadership of foreign fighters in…