Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq has demanded local shopkeepers in Mosul pay “protection money” to ensure shipments of goods. “Many shopkeepers have been threatened and are paying up,” the governor of Ninewa province said.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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