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Iraq
Insurgents killed 11 Iraqis and wounded dozens more in car bombings in Mosul and Hillah. Security forces detained 14 al Qaeda members, including a leader, in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Asserting Its Sovereignty, Iraq Detains American Contractors
Iraq
Iraqi insurgents dressed as policemen attacked a government compound and a police station in Ramadi with four suicide bombers; seven police officers and at least six attackers died in the clashes. A car bomb targeting a police station in Baiji killed at least one person and injured 12 others.
Iran
US Warns Israel Against Iran Strike
Afghanistan
US intelligence report on Afghanistan sees stalemate
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed more than 50 Shia pilgrims and injured 91 others as they gathered for Arbain in Basra. An explosion targeting Shia pilgrims east of Mosul injured three civilians and two policemen. Prime Minister Maliki strongly criticized Turkish “interventions” in Iraqi affairs and warned that “Turkey itself would suffer if its actions sparked […]
Iraq
US Embassy workers detained in Baghdad
Iraq
Insurgents killed four policemen in Al Qaim; one insurgent was also killed. Police killed two “masked men” in Kirkuk. The Kurdish Regional Government has balked at turning over Vice President Hashemi to the central government.
Iran
Pentagon Tries to Counter Low-Cost but Potent Weapons
Iraq
Is the conflict in Iraq really sectarian in nature?
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven people in two bombings in Baghdad and a soldier in Fallujah. Security forces detained four al Qaeda fighters in Karbala.
Iraq
Iraq Turns Justice Into a Show, and Terror Confessions a Script
Iraq
Security forces captured al Qaeda in Iraq’s “financial officer” and several aides during a raid in the Hamrin Mountains near Kirkuk. Vice President Hashemi, who is wanted by the government, set up an office in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdish areas.
Iraq
Iraqi Moves to Embrace Militia Open New Fault Lines
Suicide, car bombings kill 73 Iraqis
Today’s attack is similar to a series of suicide and car bombings in Baghdad that took place on Dec. 22, 2011.
Iraq
Attacks against Shia pilgrims before the Arbaeen holiday have killed over 60 civilians, the deadliest being a suicide attack against a security checkpoint that killed 44 and wounded dozens more in Nasiriya. Qais Qazali, the notorious leader of the Shia death squad Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, is prepared to disarm and join the political process.
US adds Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions to list of terror groups
The terror group was formed in 2007 and operates under the aegis of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq.
Afghanistan
Iran intensifies efforts to influence policy in Afghanistan
Iraq
Turkey’s Glow Dims as Government Limits Free Speech
Afghanistan
Pentagon military review ‘will axe US troops’
Ansar al Islam names new leader
Ansar al Islam, an al Qaeda-linked terror group based in northern Iraq, named Abu Hashim Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman al Ibrahim as its new emir.
United States
Pentagon to Present Vision of Reduced Military
Iraq
Conflicting Reports of Attack on Iraq’s Finance Minister, Rafe al-Essawi
Iraq
Analysis: Blocs pursue short-term fixes for Iraq political crisis
China
Analysis: US fighter sales soar in time for campaign
Iraq
Changed by Iraq, Military Asks What Will Stick
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki said he was prepared to accept most of the demands of the Anbar provincial government. Insurgents killed four civilians in Fallujah. Security forces arrested five insurgents in Wasit.
Iraq
Turkey expresses regret over air strike that killed 35 Kurds
Turkish military offensive against the PKK beset by errant airstrike
A deadly Turkish air raid in northern Iraq that killed over 31 Kurdish civilians is the latest attack in a winter offensive against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).