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.
Tag Archives: Iraq
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).
Iraq
US Military Sales to Iraq Raise Concerns
Iraq
Three security contractors, two of them US veterans and one from Fiji, were freed almost three weeks after being detained by the Iraqi Army. Militants fired a Katyusha rocket at a camp housing several thousand Iranian exiles in northeastern Iraq. Baghdad has not extended the end-of-year deadline to expel the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) […]
Iraq
How to Save Iraq From Civil War
Adbullah Azzam Brigades denies responsibility for Damascus suicide attacks
The terror group accused Syrian intelligence of staging the deadly Dec. 23 suicide attacks to hide the “failure of the regime of the tyrant in the Levant, Bashar al Assad, in subduing the rebels by force, murder, and exaggeration of crimes.”
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims Baghdad suicide attack, bombings
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq said it targeted the institutions of the “Safavid government” as the country is on the brink of a political and sectarian crisis.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed seven Iraqi policemen during an attack outside the Interior Ministry. The government and the UN signed an agreement to close Camp Ashraf.
Iran
Iran ready to expand military links with Iraq
Iraq
US Loses Leverage in Iraq Now That Troops Are Out
Egypt
As Christmas arrives, crisis for Mideast Christians
Iraq
An Iraqi Army officer was killed in an IED attack in Shirgat. Iraqi forces captured a “finance minister” of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq.
40 killed in ‘suicide bombings’ in Damascus
The Syrian government, which provided safe haven and support to al Qaeda, claimed the terror group killed 40 people in attacks today in the capital.
Libya
US Seeks Program to Buy Up Missiles Loose in Libya
Iraq
US intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout
Iraq
Sixty-three Iraqis were killed in a suicide attack and a series of bombings in Baghdad. Two more Iraqis were killed in a bombing in Mosul.
63 killed in Baghdad as political crisis worsens
Prime Minister Maliki’s crackdown on the Sunni leadership threatens to plunge Iraq into civil war.
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki urged the Kurdish Regional Government to hand over Vice President Hashimi, who is wanted for terrorism charges. Insurgents killed an Awakening leader in Abu Ghraib. Security forces detained 16 suspected terrorists in Basrah.
Afghanistan
Soldiers just back from Iraq get new orders: Afghanistan
Iraq
Iraqi PM asks Kurds to hand over Vice-President Hashemi
Iraq
Tariq al-Hashimi Denies Ordering Assassinations in Iraq
Iraq
The government issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tariq Hashimi for running death squads that attacked security forces. Hashimi has fled to the Kurdish regions. Three of Hashimi’s bodyguards have been arrested on terrorism charges.
Iraq
Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S.