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General Blames Iranian-Backed Militants for Baghdad Explosion
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Mahdi Army cell leader behind deadly Baghdad bombing
US military intelligence indicates Haydar Mahdi Khadum al Fawadi executed car bombing attack in the Hurriyah neighborhood.
Iraq
A car bombing killed 42 Iraqis and wounded 85 in an attack in a Shia neighborhood in northern Baghdad. A district cheif of police was killed in an IED attack in Wasit province. Coalition forces captured three Special Groups operatives in Al Kut while police seized a carload of Iranian-made weapons. US soldiers captured four […]
Iraqi security forces ramp up for Maysan operation
Iraqi troops replace border guards. Local police forces are raised. Maliki gives deadline for Mahdi Army to disarm. Sadrists fear being targeted.
Iraq’s political parties wrangle over the status of forces agreement
Omar Fadhil looks at the positions the major Iraqi political parties are taking on the current negotiations over the status of forces agreement between Iraq and the United States.
Sadrist movement withdraws from political process
One day after demobilizing the Mahdi Army, Muqtada al Sadr has ordered the Sadrist political movement to boycott the upcoming provincial elections.
Iraq
US UN envoy urges Syria, Iran to stop gunmen flow into Iraq
US Army detains senior Mahdi Army commander in Baghdad
The unnamed Mahdi Army leader was wanted by the government of Iraq. He commanded more than 2,000 Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad.
Iraqi offensive underway against the Mahdi Army in Maysan
Iraqi security forces, backed by US troops, have moved into the provincial capital of Amarah and closed the border crossing to Iran.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters reportedly attacked Ethiopian bases inside Ethiopia. Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from the towns of Jawil and Kalabeyrka in Hiran. Shabaab mortared the Mogadishu airport as Somalia’s president prepared to depart for Ethiopian.
Sadr forms new unit to attack US forces
US, Iraqi forces continue to target Mahdi Army. Sadr’s demonstrations against the status of forces talks draw few protesters.
Report: Iraqi security forces preparing operation against Mahdi Army in Maysan
The Iraqi security forces look to expand operations along the Iranian border.
Iraq
More than 500 insurgents surrendered in Balad and 24 insurgents were captured south of Kirkuk. Police arrested 18 Mahdi Army fighters in Karbala. Coalition forces captured an Iranian-trianed IED expert and smuggler in Al Kut. Two police were killed and three wounded in an IED attack in Al Kut. Five Iraqis were killed and 10 […]
Iraq
Iran Supports Iraq Terror
Iraq
Iran arrests man accused clerics of corruption
Iraqi police detain three Special Groups operative behind 2007 Karbala attack
The three Iranian-trained agents were behind the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers at the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center.
Iraqi police conduct operations in Dhi Qhar
Operations against the Mahdi Army and the Iranian Ramazan Corps’ network in the South continue as 55 “wanted men” are detained in the province of Dhi Qhar.
Sadr’s Special Groups
Muqtada al Sadr influences the Mahdi Army’s ‘Special Groups’ more than the military will admit. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Weekly Standard.
Iraq
Iraqi Pm Meets Iranian Leaders
Hezbollah
Hobballah: Hezbollah does not have training camps in Iran
Israel
Israel threatens to strike Iran’s nuclear plans
Four Special Groups leaders captured in South
Three of the operatives, including two senior leaders, are captured near the Iranian border in Wasit province ove rthe past two days.
Al Qaeda
The US Treasury Department has frozen the assets of two Bahrainians and a Qatari for providing financial and material support to al Qaeda. The men have supplied funds to senior al Qaeda and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group operating in Iran, Pakistan and throughout the Middle East.
Mahdi Army uses “flying IEDs” in Baghdad
“Improvised Rocket Assisted Mortars” and “Lob Bombs” are being fired from crude launch systems. The improvised weapons system uses Iranian components.
Five senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Karbala
The commander of the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Jihadi Brigades is among those captured. Police leaders are targeted in Baghdad and Nasiriyah.
Four Mahdi Army fighters killed in New Baghdad
Thirty-nine Mahdi fighters captured in raids in Al Kut, Basrah, Samawah. Iraqi troops have seized 175 roadside bombs and 76 EFPs in Sadr City since May 20.
Iraq
Bomb blast near Iranian Embassy in Iraq, 2 killed
Coalition and Taliban vie for control of southwestern Afghanistan in Farah province
The Taliban is fighting to control the southeastern province of Farah, while ISAF is bolstering reconstruction and security in the region. Iranian weapons continue to flow through Farah province.
Operation to clear the Mahdi Army in Baghdad’s Shula neighborhood on hold
The Iraqi military is short of forces to complete operations in Shula do to offensive operations in Basrah, Mosul and Sadr City. Raids against Mahdi Army leaders and cells continue in Baghdad.
Al Qaeda
Officials Say Iran, Al Qaeda in Talks