June 19, 2006

This issue featured Michael Fumento's on-the-ground report with the 101st Airborne in Ramadi, Iraq, examining how U.S. forces were adapting to evolving insurgent tactics. The magazine also covered the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, with analysis from Reuel Marc Gerecht, Paul Hayes, and William Kristol on the implications for the war on terror. The issue captured a moment of both tactical evolution in Iraq and strategic analysis of counterterrorism progress.