Iraq
Insurgents killed 13 Iraqis in a car bombing in Miqdadiyah, and killed a cleric north of Mosul. Security forces detained 37 suspected insurgents in Diyala and 20 wanted men in Basrah.
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Somalia
Kidnap and ransom: negotiating lives for cash
Al Qaeda
From Berlin to bin Laden
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in a bombing in Baqubah and an Iraqi interpreter who worked for US forces in Al Kut. Police arrested 10 criminals in Karbala.
Iraq
An insurgent died in a premature detonation in Fallujah. Three wanted men surrendered to authorities in Baqubah. The government will delay the purchase of F-16s in order to boost food rations.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in an armed attack in Baghdad and a civilian in an IED attack in Basrah. The government imposed tight security measures in Ramadi in preparation for a protest.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 31 Iraqis at a bombing that targeted Shia pilgrims at a cafe just north of Samarra. Police arrested 25 wanted men in Diyala.
Iraq
Security forces arrested five al Qaeda in Iraq operatives in Diyala and Baghdad, and two wanted men in Kirkuk. Four Awakening fighters were killed during clashes between Arabs and Turcomans in Kirkuk.
Al Qaeda
Longtime spy chief now atop Egyptian pyramid
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqis in a car bombing in Dujail in Salahadin province. Security forces detained 28 wanted men in Basrah and seven members of an al Qaeda cell in Karbala.
Bad linguists shape outcomes, raise blood pressure
Click the image to watch. Earlier today I linked a video shot by a Guardian reporter covering soldiers with the 173rd Airborne as they attempt counterinsurgency in a difficult area of Afghanistan. The reporter’s narration is a bit overwrought, as are the snippets of Hopalong Cassidy background music littering the edit. But the video ably […]
Unrest a virus?
New protests in Iraq offer more context around Maliki’s recent statements advocating a constitutional amendment that would limit the prime minister to two terms: Hundreds of lawyers took to the streets across Iraq on Thursday to protest against widespread corruption and unemployment in demonstrations inspired by anti-government uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The demonstrations in […]
Al Qaeda
Iraqi Christians find refuge in France
Egypt
Analysis: Arab rulers use sticks, carrots to stem discontent
Iraq
A brigadier in the Iraqi Army was killed in an IED attack close to his home in Baghdad. A group called for protests to be held at Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Feb. 25; the group is calling the planned event the “Iraqi Rage Revolution.”
Iraq
In Kirkuk, a test of US peacekeepers’ lasting impact
Afghanistan
US Joint Chiefs chairman says military must focus beyond Iraq and Afghanistan
No 3rd term for Maliki?
Various news outlets have reported on recent comments by Nouri al-Maliki stipulating that he will not seek a third term as Iraq’s prime minister. From The Washington Post: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that he will not seek a third term in office, in a sign that even Iraq’s newly installed and democratically elected […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman and a woman in a bombing in Babil. Security forces detained 18 wanted men in Basrah. Officials said 229 insurgents surrendered to the government since July 2010.
Afghanistan
Chinese weapons fall into hands of militants: US cables
Iraq
Iraqi officials deny existence of alleged secret detention center
Egypt
Maliki not to seek third term
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in bombings in Samarra, a tribal leader in a bombing in Fallujah, and a civilian in a shooting in Baghdad. Security forces arrested a terrorist in Al Kut.
Maliki: Iran, Syria are arming Iraqi terror groups
In 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Malik accused both Iran and Syria of arming terror groups operating inside Iraq. Now AFP has the story, via the Wikileaks cables: Maliki’s comments to then-US ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill came in the midst of a year-long diplomatic row with Damascus that prompted both Iraq and Syria […]
Iraq
Iraqis reject insurgents, support transition
Iraq
Eight policemen were killed in Ramadi, and two policemen and a finance ministry employee were killed in Baghdad. A suicide bomber wounded four people in Ramadi.
Iraq
Exodus of Christians from Iraq intensifies
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and an intelligence officer and a trade ministry employee in Baghdad. Security forces arrested an Islamic State of Iraq leader in Wasit.
Al Qaeda
US Senate report says Iraq is at critical juncture
Egypt
Everywhere but Iraq?