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Iraqi, US forces capture senior Special Groups operative in Hillah
The captured operative is thought to lead the Iranian-backed Special Groups in Wasit, Babil, and Najaf provinces. Two senior members of Muqtada al Sadr's political party were arrested in the raid, one was likely the Special Groups operative.
Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq
Iran's Ahmadinejad may visit Baghdad by late March
An al Qaeda car bomb killed 23 and wounded 39 at a crowded market in Balad. A truck bomb killed four Iraqi soldiers and knocked out the power grid in northern Iraq. Coalition forces detained al Qaeda operatives and an IED facilitator during raids in central and northern Iraq. The Iraqi Army arrested 75 insurgents during operations across Iraq.
Al Qaeda in Iraq under pressure in Balad, Anbar
Recently seized document and communiqué from al Qaeda in Iraq paint a bleak picture for the terror group in Salahadin and Anbar province. The Awakening movements have severely degraded al Qaeda's forces and limited the ability to operate.
US Commanders Welcome Fallujah Revival
Memo Blasts State Dept. Iraq Effort
Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and detained 21 in northern Iraq and in Diyala province. Iraqi security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained 15 during raids in Zaganiyah, Al Athba, Baghdad, and Ramadi. Iraqi police killed an al Qaeda leader in Samarra.
Al Qaeda Leader's Diary Reveals Organization's Decline
US allies go on strike in Iraq's Diyala province
Al Qaeda is working to change its tactics in Iraq, according to documents seized by the US military. Coalition forces killed eight al Qaeda operatives and detained 22 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured four Special Groups operatives south of Baghdad while attacks from the Special Groups continue from Sadr City.
Shift in Tactics Aims to Revive Struggling Insurgency
US troops raided Sadr City; one Special Groups operative was killed and 16 captured. Iraqi security forces and Polish troops cordoned two neighborhoods in Diwaniyah; elements of the Mahdi Army are the target of the operation. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 12 during raids in northern Iraq. Eight cellular towers were reported to have been destroyed in Mosul.
US sees attacks by Iranian-backed groups up in Iraq
Powerful Shiite cleric quiets in Iraq
Iraqi and US troops detained 46 insurgents southwest of Kirkuk and arrested three al Qaeda fighters in Baghdad. Police captured seven al Qaeda operatives and 15 memebrs of the Yamani group in Karbala. An IED attack in Diwaniyah resulted in four killed and nine wounded; an Iraqi colonel blamed the Mahdi Army. Reconstruction on the Al Askaria mosque in Samarra has begun.
US military has new name for neighborhood militia groups
Coalition, Mahdi Army clash over cease-fire
The war of words between Multinational Forces Iraq and the Mahdi Army increases as the deadline for Muqtada al Sadr's cease-fire is set to expire. Sadr and the Mahdi Army will also pay a steep price for ending the cease-fire.
Iraq would seek extended U.N. mandate if necessary
