Oh my...
First of all I would not call the first article posted "excellent". It may be excellent by the Weekly Standard
standards: while still being a propaganda piece and superficial at least it does not regurgitate the typical clichè or is "in your face" with the propaganda. Still, it's a bunch of political hacks with big agendas to push (everyone is biased of course, but there is a question of degree).
For scenario design it is clearly useless. For such purpose I would suggest the far more relevant and professional link:
The Bear Went over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
It describes neatly (maps included) and in a well organized manner several engagements which fit well with SPMBT game scale (company and battalion level actions).
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Is Iraq stable? Would you take your family for vacations there?
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To be fair Iraq is probably as good as it gets. It is not like that before big evil Saddam came to power everything was fine and dandy. Iraqi history is a history of military coups, permanent insurgency (give or take the odd temporary truce) and generally people not being nice to each other.
After all it was not Saddam who was quoted saying:
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I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes.
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More on the rest later...