U.S. Joint Forces Command Releases Iraqi Perspective Project Report

PRESS ADVISORIES from the United States Department of Defense

No. 021-06 Thursday March, 23, 2006 U.S. Joint Forces Command Releases Iraqi Perspective Project Report

U.S. Joint Forces Command will release on Friday, March 24 an unclassified historical report in book form on the Iraqi view of coalition military operations conducted in Iraq. Conducted by U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Center for Operational Analysis, the Iraqi Perspective Project (IPP) is a research effort focused on coalition military operations in Iraq from March to May 2003. This project focused on the perspectives of the Iraqi civilian and military leadership involved in major combat operations gathered through interviews conducted during the fall and winter of 2003/2004, and an extensive review of Iraqi historical documents done in the months since then.

The project is the first such effort by the U.S. government to understand the views of an enemy military force since World War II, when the U.S. government conducted a comprehensive review of recovered German and Japanese documents, along with interviews of key military and civilian leadership.

The overall objective of this project was to learn lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom, and use those lessons for ongoing transformation activities.

A media round table will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. EST to discuss the IPP report. JCOA Director Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Cucolo will speak with the media in Room 2C554 at the Pentagon. Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the North Parking Entrance only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Please call (703) 697-5131 for escort into the building.

Questions about the report should be directed to USJFCOM points of contact: Lt. Jim Krohne at (757) 836-6559 or Susanne Moore at (757) 836-6553.

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