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Mixed messages on Iraq withdrawal
The political posturing about the status of American forces in Iraq continues. On Dec. 28, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared to the Wall Street Journal, “The last American soldier will leave” in 2011. He added: “This agreement is not subject to extension, not subject to alteration. It is sealed.” Two days ago, Vice President Joe […]
Iraq
Two Iraqi soldiers killed two US troops during training in Mosul. Insurgents killed a US soldier in central Iraq and a policeman in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
Save energy, save our troops
Iraq
Thirteen al Qaeda fighters escaped from a prison in Basrah. Insurgents killed a jeweler in Baghdad and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in in Diyala.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in three bombings in Baghdad. Security forces detained 24 wanted men in Basrah and Kirkuk, and discovered an IED factory near Mosul.
Iraq
Biden and Maliki say they are still committed to troop withdrawal by end of year
Iraq
Contours of a large and lasting American presence in Iraq starting to take shape
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and Baghdad. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Basrah, nine insurgents in Kirkuk, two forgers in Ramadi, and an Awakening official in Babil.
Iraq
Security forces detained an al Qaeda leader in Diyala, six Islamic Army of Iraq fighters in Baghdad, and a member of parliament’s bodyguard in Wasit, and broke up a plot to assassinate provincial council members in Anbar. Insurgents wounded 13 civilians in five bombings in Baghdad.
India
In realm of religion, women lose out
Saudi Arabia names 47 most-wanted terrorists
None of the 47 al Qaeda operatives are in Saudi Arabia. Twenty-seven of them are thought to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 16 are thought to be in Yemen, and four more are believed to be in Iraq.
Iraq
Security forces killed an insurgent in Mosul and detained seven more, and detained two members of an assassination cell in Fallujah and a Naqshabandiya leader in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed Hit’s the police chief and two civilians in Mosul.
Afghanistan
US troop rollbacks may not stave off calls for more Pentagon cuts
Afghanistan
Afghans vent fury with Iran over fuel blockade
Al Qaeda
Life after the Americans: uncertainty reigns as Baghdad enters new era
Iraq
Insurgents killed four civilians, including two children, in bombings in Diyala and Nassiriyah. Muqtada al Sadr called on Iraqis to resist the presence of US forces.
Swedish suicide bomber trained in Mosul: Iraqi official
Taimour Abdulwahab, who attempted to kill people in a failed attack Stockholm in mid-December 2010, trained in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul along with an Egyptian, according to Iraqi officials.
Egypt
Mideast Christians victims of ‘cleansing’: Sarkozy
Iraq
Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Diyala, an “armed group” attempting to carry out a rocket attack near Baghdad’s airport, and a corrupt Army officer in Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers and intelligence officials foiled an attempt to blow up a church in Mosul.
Iraq
Iraqi cleric implores followers to show discipline
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr has returned to Iraq after sheltering three years in Iran. Security forces detained 35 wanted men in Falluah and Kirkuk, Ninewa, and Babil, and the imam of Saddam’s mosque in Tikrit. Insurgents killed a civilian in a bombing in Baghdad.
Iraq
Resurgent Turkey flexes its muscles around Iraq
Iraq
Two civilians were killed in an IED attack in Dalouiya. Security forces detained a “gang” behind the Jan. 1 murder of a Christian in Baghdad. Iraq hopes to build new power plants and triple its output by 2013.
Al Qaeda
British terrorists ‘offered safe house by al-Qaeda-linked French gangsters’
Iraq
Insurgents killed two US soldiers in fighting in Baghdad. An assassination team killed six security officials and civilians in Baghdad. Police arrested the commander of Jalawlaa’s Emergency Battalion on corruption charges.
Iraq
Demise of Iraqi water park illustrates limitations, abuse of US funding program
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier, a policeman, and three civilians in separate attacks in Mosul, Baghdad, Balad, and Fallujah. The National Council for Strategic Policies should be formed by February.
Egypt
Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture
Al Qaeda
Egypt church bomb probe focuses on local group