Most sieges are about keeping people out. This one was about keeping them in.
Urban warfare expert John Spencer explains the reverse siege strategy used in the Battle of Sadr City, walling enemy forces in to stop them firing mortars and rockets into the Green Zone, while simultaneously cutting them off from their financial base.
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