Suspected ISIS suicide car bombings killed four people and wounded eight in Baqouba, and killed six people and wounded 15 in Dibis. Two members of a policeman’s family were killed and two others were wounded in an attack in Sulaiman Bek. A policeman was killed at a checkpoint in Tikrit. Security forces in Baghdad arrested […]
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The suicide bombers, who conducted attacks just south of Baghdad, are from Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. The Southern Division is one of 16 administrative areas defined by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
A former Guantanamo detainee named Osama Abu Kabir has been arrested in Jordan. The charges have not been made public, but his arrest seems to be connected to Jordanian concerns about the jihad in Syria.
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An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber killed five Army recruits as they were lined up outside of a military base in the town of Riyadh. The ISIS killed five soldiers southwest of Kirkuk, two policemen in Mosul, two Awakening fighters in Ramadi, a policeman in Ramadi, and another policeman in Hit. […]
Hundreds of Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters paraded their vehicles, which included captured Iraqi military trucks and an artillery piece, through the streets of Abu Ghraib and Fallujah.
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Forty-four soldiers and four insurgents are reported to have been killed during clashes in and around Fallujah. Security forces killed two “gunmen” in Latifiyah. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham bombed two bridges near Ramadi and Haditha.
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 26 people in a series of bombings in Baghdad, and killed two soldiers in Karma and a policeman in Tikrit. Security forces killed 13 ISIS fighters in airstrikes in Al Qaim and a military emir south of Fallujah.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed five civilians in Bayji, two soldiers in Mosul, and a policeman in Muqdadiyah. Security forces killed six “terrorists” in Baghdad, four “gunmen” in Saqlawiyah, and an ISIS military commander south of Fallujah.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 29 people, including six soldiers and three civilians in a suicide attack in Baghdad, and eight soldiers in an assault in Tarmiyah. Seven ISIS fighters in Baghdad died in a premature detonation. Iraqi forces killed al Qaeda’s security advisor for Samarra and two “gunmen” in Bayji. […]
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Security forces killed 21 “insurgents” in Buhriz and five Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Mosul. The ISIS killed four soldiers, two policemen, three civilians, and a university security guard in Mosul; and three Awakening members in Kirkuk.
An Al Nusrah Front video features Abu Hammam al Shami, an al Qaeda veteran who swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and has served al Qaeda’s senior leaders since the late 1990s. Abu Hammam criticizes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in the video.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed five policemen and two civilians in a double IED attack in Tikrit. Yesterday, the ISIS killed 29 people in a series of attacks throughout the country. In one of those attacks, a suicide bomber killed six policemen at a funeral for another officer in Ramadi. Eight […]
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Security forces killed 21 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in the Hamrin Mountains over the past several weeks, eight in Baghdad , and five more in Babil. More than 37 people were killed during fighting and attacks in Baghdad, Fallujah, and areas north of the capital.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 15 people in a series of bombings in Baghdad, Hafriyah, Hillah, and Karbala. The ISIS also killed four soldiers in Ramadi, three soldiers in Karma, and two policemen in Mosul. Security forces killed an ISIS recruiting chief and a bodyguard in Ramadi, and a “gunman” in […]
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bombers killed two policemen and a soldier in Mosul, and several soldiers in Ramadi. The ISIS also killed two more policemen and two soldiers in Mosul, two Awakening fighters and a civilian north of Baghdad, and a soldier and an intelligence official in Baghdad. Security forces killed […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 19 people in multiple bombings in Baghdad. A suicide bomber killed four civilians in Tikrit. Security forces killed four ISIS fighters in Fallujah and two “snipers” in Baghdad.
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Security forces killed 24 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Anbar province. The ISIS killed a regiment commander in Anbar, three soldiers in Ramadi, two soldiers in Mosul, an intelligence officer and his driver in Baqubah, and four civilians in a car bombing that collapsed a bridge in Rawa.
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber killed 47 people and wounded 125 more in an attack at a checkpoint n Hillah. The ISIS also killed two soldiers in Mosul, two soldiers in Abu Ghraib, two more in Hillah, and another in Fallujah. Security forces killed two ISIS military leaders in Karmah […]