Iraq
Eleven members of al Qaeda in Iraq were caught while attempting to escape from the Abu Ghraib prison. Iraq’s oil pipeline through Turkey was shut down after a blast in Turkey.
Tag Archives: Iraq
Iraq
Insurgents killed three policemen in Mosul and another in Baghdad, and a police commander in Rutbah. Three gunmen and two security personnel were killed in a clash Bayji.
Al Nusrah Front conducts joint operation with Free Syrian Army
Al Qaeda has penetrated the Free Syrian Army and provides the expertise to effectively strike at the Syrian military.
Afghanistan
Pentagon launches board to examine legal ‘flash points’ in deployed areas
Syria
State Dept. and Pentagon Planning for Post-Assad Syria
Iraq
Thirty-four Iraqis were killed in a series of insurgent attacks throughout the country over the past two days. The targets included security forces, Awakening militiamen, government workers, and civilians.
Syria
Analysis: Syria crisis feeds Iraq violence, al Qaeda revival
Iraq
A court has blocked the extradition of Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah operative who was transferred from US custody to Iraqi custody at the end of 2011. Daqduq helped Iran establish Shia terror groups in Iraq and was involved in the murder of five US soldiers in 2007.
Syria
Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
Iraq
Twelve Iraqis, including seven policemen, were killed in a suicide attack and a car bombing in Baghdad; two more Iraqis were killed in a car bombing north of Fallujah. Security forces detained 20 “terrorists” in Diwaniyah.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria
Al Qaeda
As Syrian War Drags On, Jihad Gains Foothold
Iraq
Conflict In Syria Forcing Iraqi Refugees Out
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Iraqi policemen in separate attacks in Fallujah and Karma. Security forces detained an al Qaeda in Iraq explosives expert in an area just north of Karbala.
Free Syrian Army
White House cautions Syrian rebels not to repeat mistakes of Iraq
Afghanistan
Ambassador Crocker Sees Fraught Foreign Landscape Ahead
Afghanistan
Looking Toward Future, Army Plans to Relocate Overseas Stores
NCTC director: ‘We remain at war with al Qaeda’
During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center director Matthew Olsen provided his organization’s view of the ongoing fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates.
Iraq
Fifteen government officials in Baqubah quit after receiving death threats from al Qaeda in Iraq. Security forces detained 19 wanted men in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Nervous Iraq keeps its eye on neighbouring Syria
Iraq
Six Kurdish security personnel were killed in a motorcycle bomb blast in Kirkuk. Security forces captured two al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in Wasit.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s political front, the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed credit for the July 23 bombings and attacks that killed more than 100 people. The government has barred Chevron from operating in Iraq after it negotiated deals with the Kurdish Regional Government.
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims nationwide attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis
The Islamic State of Iraq said the offensive was launched “in application of the directives of Sheikh Mujahid Abu Bakr al Baghdadi,” the terror group’s emir.
Slain Syrian official supported al Qaeda in Iraq
Assef Shawkat, a top Syrian official killed in a bomb blast last week, was a key ally of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Leaked State Department cables show that General David Petraeus repeatedly warned of the collusion between Syrian officials, including Shawkat, and AQI’s top foreign fighter facilitator.
Iraq
The Unresolved Mystery of Syria’s ‘Iraqi’ Chemical Weapons
Al Qaeda launches coordinated attacks across Iraq
More than 40 attacks were launched in 13 cities in six of Iraq’s 18 provinces.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed more than 100 people in coordinated attacks in 13 cities throughout Iraq. The border police have opened Iraq’s borders to Syrian refugees.
Syria
Syria says could use chemical arms against foreign intervention
Iraq
More than 25 Iraqis were killed in bombings and attacks throughout the country. Islamic State of Iraq leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi said al Qaeda would target Iraqi officials in a wave of assassinations.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Baghdad and a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk. One of Vice President Khudayr al Khuzaie’s bodyguards was gunned down in Baghdad.