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.
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Iran
Al-Sadr: New force to fight US in Iraq
Report: Iraqi security forces preparing operation against Mahdi Army in Maysan
The Iraqi security forces look to expand operations along the Iranian border.
Iraq
Iran Supports Iraq Terror
Iran
US warns defiant Iran ahead of Solana trip
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.
Iran
Gulf Arabs eye Iraq role to counter Iran
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.
Iran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered banks to move assets to dodge potential EU sanctions. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US presence in Iraq is Iraq’s primary problem. Iran’s representative to OPEC said he expects oil to approach $150 a barrel.
Iran
Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders banks to move assets to beat EU
Iraq
Coalition forces capture Basrah-based Special Groups criminal in Baghdad
Hezbollah
Hobballah: Hezbollah does not have training camps in Iran
Israel
Israel threatens to strike Iran’s nuclear plans
Iran
Iran: Khamanei Warns Of Western Evils, As Youth Give Views On Ayatollahs
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.
US targets al Qaeda operatives with links to Iran, Pakistan
Three Gulf States citizens are designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist Individuals. Two of them were active in financing al Qaeda leaders based inside Iran.
Iran
Developing states back U.N. probe of Iran bomb claims
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.
Iran
Al Maliki to raise Iran interference in Iraq
Iran
Ayatollah vows Iran’s nuclear program will go on
Iran
Israel to disappear: Ahmadinejad
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.
Iran
Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation
Iraqi Army interdicting Iranian operations in the South
Recent operations in Abu Al Khasib on the Iranian border, Az Zubayr, and Al Qurnah are along Iranian Qods Forces’ supply lines into southern Iraq. Operations against the Mahdi Army continue in Baghdad.
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.
Iran
Iran says its right to enrichment is non-negotiable
Iran
Rival to Iran™s President Is Elected Speaker
Al Qaeda
Officials Say Iran, Al Qaeda in Talks