Iraq
Security forces detained 62 people, including several on terrorism charges, in Diwaniyah, three “terrorists” in Karbala, and two more in Nassiriyah. Iraq has reopened the border with Syria, but is not allowing young men to cross.
Tag Archives: Iraq
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed seven Iraqis in an attack outside the Green Zone in Baghdad; a member of parliament was among 24 people wounded. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda financier in Diyala.
Iraq
Abdul Mehdi al Karbalai, the representative to Iraq’s senior Shia cleric, called for the UN to criminalize insults against the Prophet Mohammed. The leader of the Asaib al Haq, who was freed by the US in 2010, threatened to attack US interests in Iraq.
Lebanon
Anti-American Protests Over Film Expand to More Than a Dozen Countries
US adds 2 senior Hezbollah military leaders to terror list
The US Treasury Department added Hezbollah’s military leader and the head of its External Security Organization to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
United States
US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
Iranian-backed Shia terror leader freed by US threatens to attack
Qais al Qazali, the leader of the League of the Righteous, said a controversial film “will put all the American interests Iraq in danger.” Qazali was released from custody by the US in 2009.
Bangladesh
Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East
Iraq
Two “gunmen” were killed and six policemen were wounded in two clashes in Samarra and Balad. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Fallujah.
Al Qaeda
Civilian ‘hacktivists’ fight terrorists online
Iraq
Insurgents killed three Awakening fighters during an attack at a checkpoint in Dujail. The governor of Dhi Qar province said that 18 men detained for bombings in Nassiriyah are connected to Vice President Tareq al Hashemi.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 58 Iraqis, including soldiers and policemen, in attacks in Amara, Basrah, Nassiriyah, Dujail, Baquba, Samarra, Kirkuk, and Tuz Khurmato. One attack, a complex suicide assault against a military base in Dujail, killed 11 Iraqi soldiers. A court sentenced fugitive Vice President Hashemi to death.
Egypt
How Islam’s Ancient Sectarian Divide Fuels Conflict in the Middle East
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia’s al-Qaeda challenge
Coordinated attacks kill 58 in Iraq
One attack, in Dujail, consisted of a complex suicide assault against a military base and resulted in the deaths of 11 Iraqi soldiers.
Syria
Epidemic of kidnappings breaks out in Syria
Iraq
Insurgents killed eight people in bombings at mosques in Kirkuk and a soldier in a shooting in Baqubah. Security forces detained nine “terrorists” in Kirkuk.
Fatah al Islam emir killed while waging jihad in Syria
Abu Hussam al Shami served as the leader of the Al Khilafah (Caliphate) Brigades in Syria and was killed in an ambush near Damascus.
Iran
Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraq Airspace
Afghanistan
US to hand over Bagram prison next week: Kabul
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqi soldiers in an IED attack in Tuz Khurmatu and a police avdiser in Kirkuk. Security forces detained 18 wanted “terrorists” in Babil.
Iraq
Factbox: Syria’s Kurds part of wider ethnic group
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in an IED attack in Tuz Khurmatu. Two more Iraqi policemen were killed in a bombing in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Hundreds of British troops to be questioned over ‘weak’ war crime allegations
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Shia clerics and two other Iraqis in attacks in Baghdad. The government claimed that casualties in insurgent attacks have halved from July to August.
Canada
Canada orders US soldier who fled war deported
Afghanistan
Holder Rules Out Prosecutions in CIA Interrogations
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Army general, a policeman, and a Sunni cleric in Baghdad, and four policemen in Kirkuk. The government executed five “terrorists.”
Free Syrian Army
Syrian Rebels Get Arms From a Diverse Network of Sources
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman and a soldier in Baghdad, and a civilian in Fallujah. Security forces detained two “terrorists” in Tikrit.