Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 counterinsurgency 60 counter insurgency 59 counterinsurgency strategy 56 troop surge 53 troop levels 52 Petraeus 51 troop buildup 51 Gen Petraeus 51 troop escalation 49 troop drawdown 49 Iraq 49 Gen. Petraeus 48 resurgent Taliban 48 troop reductions 48 insurgency 48 McChrystal 48 Afghanistan 47 Afghan 46 toppling Saddam Hussein 46 US backed 46 troop withdrawal 46 troop withdrawals 46 commanders 46 NATO 45 pacification 45 Taliban 45 insurgents 45 precipitous withdrawal 45 Taleban 44 Nato 44 Odierno 44 quell sectarian 44 Anbar 44 antiterror 44 Sunni insurgents 44 Gen. McChrystal 44 troop reinforcements 44 Abizaid 43 Taliban insurgency 43 David Petraeus 43 troops 43 Sunni insurgency 43 AfPak 43 insurgent 43 Speech #/#/# 43 topple Saddam Hussein 43 Helmand 43 offensives 43 Anbar province 43 COIN 43 troop deployments 43 Rumsfeld 42 irregular warfare 42 troop 42 al Anbar province 42 antiterrorism 42 countering terrorism 42 Al Anbar 42 combat brigades 42 Af Pak 42 stubborn insurgency 42 Marjah 42 Taliban strongholds 42 Iraqi 41 PRTs 41 Karzai 41 Stanley McChrystal 41 Anbar Province 41 Operation Medusa 41 General Stanley McChrystal 41 al Maliki 41 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 41 counterterrorism 41 awakening councils 41 drawdown 41 Operation Moshtarak 41 phased withdrawal 41 combating terrorism 41 General Tommy Franks 41 Michael O'Hanlon 41 militant sanctuaries 41 Sunni triangle 41 western Anbar province 41 Diyala 41 sectarian killings 41 Pentagon 40 3rd Infantry 40 troop pullout 40 oust Saddam Hussein 40 Taleban fighters 40 neighboring Helmand province 40 airpower 40 Zhari 40 ordinary Afghans 40 military tribunals 40 counterterror 40 de Baathification 40 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 40 counterterrorist 40 warfighting 40 Iraqis