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Promoted to major general, Mattis led the 1st Marine Division during the early stages of the Iraq War, overseeing the longest sustained overland advance in Marine Corps history. The division returned to the United States in late 2003 but redeployed to Iraq the following year, and Mattis led the marine assault on Al-Fallūjah. In May 2004 Mattis received his third star, and he was assigned to the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia. There he sought to disseminate the lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan to troops in the field, and he worked with U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus on Field Manual 3-24, a comprehensive counterinsurgency document.

Although known for blunt, sometimes provocative speech (in 2005 he described members of the Taliban as “fun to shoot”), Mattis was described by his peers as a “warrior monk” who embraced the Clausewitzian view of war as a political instrument. He established the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, a training academy for marine officers and senior enlisted personnel, to instill cultural awareness and language skills, and he emphasized the “hearts and minds” approach to counterinsurgency operations. In 2007 Mattis was promoted to general and was chosen to lead Joint Forces Command, a training and planning unit that oversees the integration of the various branches of military service into a cohesive fighting force. After Gen. Stanley McChrystal was relieved as head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2010, a command shuffle ensued with Petraeus assuming McChrystal’s role and Mattis replacing Petraeus as head of Centcom.

He established the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, a training academy for marine officers and senior enlisted personnel, to instill cultural awareness and language skills, and he emphasized the “hearts and minds” approach to counterinsurgency operations.::

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FRIENDS: I CONTINUE TO PROPOSE GENERAL JAMES MAD DOG MATTIS AS AN “INTERIM” COMMANDER IN CHIEF… I DO NOT THINK WE WILL GET ANYWHERE WITH A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT SO LONG AS THE SYSTEM IS NOT TWEAKED AND IT CANNOT BE UNTIL WE PURGE THE FEDERAL JUDGES AND THE BUREAUCRACY. WHY COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND NOT PRESIDENT YOU MIGHT ASK?? READ THE POST! REVOLUTION…. ITS THE ONLY WAY WE TAKE IT BACK!!

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia discuss manuevers as Yemen battles rage

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By Mohamed Mukashaf
ADEN (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday imposed an arms embargo targeting the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who now control most of Yemen as battles in the south of the country intensified.
Egypt said it and Saudi Arabia had discussed holding a "major military manoeuvre" in Saudi Arabia with other Gulf states, following talks on the progress of the three-week-old Saudi-led campaign of air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
The statement from the Egyptian presidency appeared to be a sign that members of the Sunni Arab coalition attacking the Houthis may carry through on threats to eventually follow their air campaign with a ground intervention or at least have a show of force next door.
Arab states have been bombing the Houthis in support of militias resisting an advance by the group and army units loyal to ousted former president Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The conflict, though rooted in local rivalries, has become a proxy battlefield for Sunni-ruled Saudi and mainly Shi'ite Iran, the main regional powers.
The U.N. resolution also demanded the Houthis stop fighting and withdraw from areas they have seized, including the capital Sanaa.
On the ground, southern militiamen claimed gains against the Houthis on several battlefronts across southern Yemen, including districts of the port city of Aden, the last stronghold of loyalists to Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Iran meanwhile prepared to submit a four-point peace plan for Yemen to the United Nations on Wednesday, state media said.
Tehran's proposal includes a call for an end to Saudi-led air strikes against the Houthis and is likely to anger Riyadh, which accuses Iran of meddling in the affairs of its southern neighbour.
The Security Council on Tuesday imposed a global asset freeze and travel ban on Ahmed Saleh, the former head of Yemen's Republican Guard, and on Abdulmalik al-Houthi, a Houthi leader.
Saleh's father, former president Saleh, and two other senior Houthi leaders, Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim, had been blacklisted by the Security Council in November.
The Security Council also expressed concern at what it called "destabilizing actions" taken by former President Saleh, including supporting the Houthis.
The elder Saleh, who was forced to step down in 2012, is widely seen as having a behind-the scenes role in the conflict in league with the Houthis.
The resolution imposed an arms embargo on the five men and "those acting on their behalf or at their direction in Yemen" - effectively the Houthis and soldiers loyal to Saleh who are fighting alongside the Houthis.
A statement from the Houthi leadership condemend the resolution, which it said supported "aggression".
The council voted 14 in favor, while Russia abstained, saying some of its proposals for the resolution drafted by council member Jordan and Gulf Arab states were not included.
"The co-sponsors refused to include the requirements insisted upon by Russia addressed to all sides to the conflict to swiftly halt fire and to begin peace talks," Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told the council after the vote.
IRAN PLAN
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking in Madrid earlier on Tuesday, said Tehran's peace initiative involved a ceasefire, humanitarian assistance, a dialogue between Yemeni factions and a broad-based government.
"This issue should be resolved by the Yemenis. Iran and Saudi Arabia need to talk but we cannot talk to determine the future of Yemen," he told a news conference.
The Houthis, northern-based Shi'ite Muslims, seized control of Sanaa in September, confining Hadi to his presidential residence. He fled to Aden in February then escaped to Riyadh last month as Houthi forces closed in on the city.
Saudi Arabia and other powers accuse Iran of arming the Houthis and interfering in Yemeni affairs. Tehran denies giving military support to the Houthis.
Riyadh says it is protecting Hadi and his government-in-exile from the Houthis. 
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