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The Basilan Model - A Case Study in Counterinsurgency Operations (Paperback)
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The Basilan Model - A Case Study in Counterinsurgency Operations (Paperback)
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After five years in Iraq, the United Statesis looking fora better
way to conductcounterinsurgency operations. The successful
employment of the"BasilanModel"inthe Muslim-dominated region of the
southern Philippines offers valuable insights in combating
insurgents who use terrorism to achieve their goals. Senior
policy-makers can, andshould, use this model in otherconflicts, but
must first understandthe conditions that allowed for its successand
either replicate them or construct conditions that create the same
effects. Thiscase study analyzes the "conditions" surrounding Joint
Task Force (JTF) 510's strategy in Operation
EnduringFreedom-Philippines (OEF-P). Understanding whyand how the
model was successfulallows commandersand policy-makers to make more
informed decisions in combating terrorismand avoid the
costlymistakes encountered in Iraqand Afghanistan.Theresults of
this study reveal thatspecificpre-conditions enabled the success of
JTF-510 and that other conditions, consciously developed,
facilitated operationsin a positivemanner. The pre-conditions
in-place beforeJTF-510 arrived included along-standing
U.S.-Philippine partnership, high English language proficiency,
favorable geography, and a conflictarguably characterized as a
cultural versus a religious insurgency. Of the conditions
consciously developed by JTF-510'sleadership, the decision to limit
troop presence, maintaina "low-profile," restrict the rules of
engagement, and properly recognize the conflict as an insurgency
fromthe start helped overcome many of the challenges encountered
inIraq and Afghanistan. Together, theseconditions allowedthis joint
venture withtheArmed Forcesof thePhilippines (AFP) to remove the
terrorist threat from Basilan Island.The results, however,
alsoshowthe model's inabilityto effectively address government
reform and stopwidespread corruption, which essentially limitsthe
permanency of this victoryin the Philippines.
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