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The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s front group, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Baghdad that killed 57 Iraqi Army recruits in Baghdad. “Our brother triggered and exploded his vest after plunging himself into the crowd,” the terror group said in a statement released on the Internet.

Al Qaeda in Iraq is offering money to Sunni tribesmen in an attempt to regrow its ranks. Awakening leaders say al Qaeda is trying to take advantage of Iraq’s political deadlock and delays in payments for Awakening fighters.

The Islamic State of Iraq, an al Qaeda front group, claimed it carried out the suicide attack against an Al Arabiya television channel office in Baghdad. “We take responsibility for targeting this corrupt channel, and we will not hesitate to hit any media office and chase its staffers if they insist on being a tool […]

Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq claimed the June 20 double suicide attack on the Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad that killed 26 Iraqis. The terror group called the bank a “stronghold of evil.”

The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda in Iraq’s front group, claimed responsibility for the June 13 attack on the Central Bank in Baghdad. Four policemen, 14 Iraqi civilians, and three terrorists were killed in the attack.

Al Qaeda in Iraq appointed Nasser al Din Allah Abu Suleiman as its new ‘war minister’ for the Islamic State of Iraq. He vowed to attack Iraqi security forces and subject the Shia to “a long and gloomy night and darker days colored in blood.”