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Syria
Jihadists, weapons ‘moving from Iraq to Syria’
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Awakening member in an IED attack in Fallujah. The government freed 18 senior Baathists in Wasit, and said others would soon be released.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman near Kirkuk. The government is seeking to tighten the rules for security contractors operating in Iraq.
Afghanistan
US still lacks Guantanamo transfer safeguards: lawmakers
Iraq
Iraq executed Abu Talha, a senior aide to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and sentenced a Saudi al Qaeda in Iraq leader to death. A tribal sheikh was killed in an IED attack in Diyala.
Iraq executes Zarqawi aide
Abu Talha was a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a member of Ansar al Islam, and a potential successor to Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
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CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan
Iraq
US Is Planning to Halve Its Staff at Iraq Embassy
Iraq
Security forces captured al Qaeda in Iraq’s finance minister in Mosul. A court sentenced two Islamic Army in Iraq members to death for the kidnapping and murder of two French journalists and an Iranian diplomat.
Afghanistan
US to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan
Iraq
Security forces killed two teenage boys as they were planting a roadside bomb in Mosul. Insurgents killed a police officer in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
US Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan
Egypt
Syria — It’s not just about freedom
Iraq
Security forces detained al Qaeda’s minister of information in Mosul and 16 members of Vice President Hashemi’s bodyguard. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for the Jan. 15 suicide assault in Ramadi that killed seven policemen.
Iran
Iraq becomes dollar source for sanctions-hit Iran, Syria
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Civilian Deaths Due to Drones Are Few, Obama Says
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in Diyala province. The US is considering discussions with Iraq to expand defense cooperation.
Iraq
US Drones Patrolling Its Skies Provoke Outrage in Iraq
Iraq
The Iraqiya party has ended its boycott of parliament. The US Department of Defense cannot account for more than $2 billion in funds for Iraq. Insurgents killed a civilian in Samarra.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier in Mosul, the daughter and wife of an Awakening leader in Fallujah, and a civilian in Kirkuk. Police arrested two female members of Vice President Hashemi’s staff.
Iraq
Former ‘Sons of Iraq’ targeted by insurgents after U.S. pullout
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 32 Iraqis, including 16 policemen, during a Shia march in Baghdad. An Awaking leader was assassinated in Garma.
Hamas
Israelis See Iran’s Threats of Retaliation as Bluff
Iraq
Insurgents killed 17 Iraqis in attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Sadiyah. Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader who escaped from a jail in Mosul.
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The drone war
Iraq
A former al Qaeda leader who renounced the group and became an Awakening commander was assassinated in Baghdad. Insurgents decapitated a policeman and killed a civilian in a barber shop in Mosul.
Iraq
Insurgents killed eight Iraqis in a bombing in Sadr City, a policeman in Ramadi, and a civilian in Shirqat. Muqtada al Sadr threatened to attack US Embassy employees traveling in Baghdad.
Iraq
Vice President Hashemi said he would face a court in Baghdad if Prime Minister Maliki resigns. Insurgents killed a soldier in Mosul and an Awakening commander and three others in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five policemen during an attack on a checkpoint in Rutbah near the Jordanian border. Abu Mustafa al Khazali, the head of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades, said his militia would not surrender its weapons despite the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.