Iraq
US May Scrap Costly Effort to Train Iraqi Police
Tag Archives: Iraq
Iraq
Iran Promotes Its Candidate for Next Shiite Leader
Iraq
Insurgents killed four people in attacks in Diyala province. Turkey said it would not extradite Vice President Hashemi despite an INTERPOL red notice for his arrest.
Iraq
An Iraqi court ordered the release of Hezbollah commander Musa Ali Daqduq, but he will remain in prison as his case is appealed. INTERPOL issued a Red Notice warrant for Vice President Tariq al Hashemi.
United States
Odierno Reshaping Training and Deployment
Iraq
Insurgents killed 88 civilians, 20 soldiers, and 18 policemen in attacks in April. Iraq’s crude oil exported reached the highest level in decades.
Afghanistan
Think Again: Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is weaker without bin Laden, but its franchise persists
Iraq
Insurgents killed 10 Iraqis in a bombing at a cafe in a village outside of Baqubah. An Iraqi soldier was killed in an IED attack in Mosul.
Turkey
Turkey Feels Sway of Fethullah Gulen, a Reclusive Cleric
United States
Military reworking spy operations
Al Qaeda
Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit
Iraq
Kurds’ Displacement Tests Iraq’s Fragile Unity
Al Qaeda
Western allies of MI6 ‘kept in dark’ over mosque sting plan
Iraq
Insurgents killed four civilians in a pair of bombings in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki said Turkey is becoming a “hostile state” after Prime Minister Erdogan accused him of fanning sectarian tensions.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 36 people in bombings and suicide attacks in 10 cities throughout the country. Hezbollah commander Musa Ali Daqduq is expected to be freed from Iraqi custody, his lawyer said.
Dozens killed in attacks in Iraq
At least 36 people were killed in today’s attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul, Samarra, Taji, Baqubah, and Ramadi.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Iraqi policemen in an IED attack in Khaldiyah in Anbar province. Two members of the election commission were detained on corruption charges.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda battles to create safe haven in Yemen
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Shia pilgrims in an attack on a bus in Samarra. A court sentenced two men to death and another to life in prison for a bombing in Al Kut last year.
Iraq
“Gunmen” opened fire on a police checkpoint near Kirkuk, killing two officers and three civilians. Insurgents killed a mayor and four family members in a bombing at his home near Baqubah.
United States
Yemeni officials offer guarantees for repatriation of detainees
Iraq
US policy on Iraq questioned as influence wanes, Maliki consolidates power
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia’s Syrian jihad
Iraq
Security forces dismantled a 25-member Anasr al Islam cell that conducted robbers and attacks in Baghdad; Ansar al Islam is allied with al Qaeda in Iraq. Former Saddam deputy Izzat Ibrahim al Douri appeared on a video and urged Baathists to fight the government.
Iran
US Defines Its Demands for New Round of Talks With Iran
Al Qaeda
Abu Musab al-Suri, the New Mastermind of Jihad
Iraq
The government postponed a reconciliation conference. Vice President Tariq al Hashemi, who is wanted for terrorism charges, has arrived in Saudi Arabia.
Iraq
Vice President Tareq al Hashemi, who is wanted for terrorism charges, left Kurdistan for Qatar. Prime Minister Maliki chided Qatar and Saudi Arabia for arming Syrian rebels. The government said the March death toll was the lowest since the US invaded in 2003.
Free Syrian Army
Opposition says Syrian rebel fighters to get salaries