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Abdel Rahman al Anbari, a senior al Qaeda leader, was captured near Samarra. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured 16 al Qaeda leaders and fighters in raids nationwide. The Iraqi Army killed seven IED emplacers near Tal Afar. US forces captured 14 al Qaeda operatives in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. Two al Qaeda operatives were killed and 21 captured during raids in the Tigris River Valley.




US struggle to defeat IEDs takes place in streets, shadows




Captured Iranian agent identified, 15 Special Groups operatives captured in Iraq

Task Force 88 captured 15 Special Groups operatives, as Multinational Forces Iraq names the Iranian Qods Force officer captured in northern Iraq. Multinational Forces Iraq also states Iran is providing shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to insurgents.


Ramadan violence falls sharply in Iraq: US




Iraq struggles to overcome bitter Diyala divide




Iraq: We'll Negotiate Long-Term Presence, Asks U.N. Security Council To Extend Mandate For US Forces Through End Of Next Year




US military deaths in Iraq lowest in 14 months




Iraqi and US Special Forces captured a Shia extremist brigade leader in New Baghdad. Operations against al Qaeda's network resulted in six killed and 27 wounded. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured the al Qaeda in Iraq cell leader in Baghdad's Ghazaliyah neighborhood.




Field marketing in Fallujah




Iraq war militant deaths put near 19,500




Al Qaeda suicide bomb fears spark pleas for a British return to Basra




Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader killed in airstrike

Abu Usama al Tunisi, a tier one al Qaeda leader, was the second senior al Qaeda leader killed in the last month. Al Qaeda in Iraq's leadership and suicide bombers are overwhelmingly foreign to Iraq.


Special Operations Forces killed Abu Usama al Tunis, a Tunisian al Qaeda in Iraq leader, during a raid in in Musayyib. Al Tunis was the emir of all of al Qaeda in Iraq foreign fighters and was a likely successor to Abu Ayyub al Masri. "Al Tunisi facilitated foreign terrorists and helped equip them for improvised explosive device attacks, car-bombing campaigns and suicide attacks throughout Baghdad," Multinational Forces Iraq stated.




Six months

Concerned Citizens movements form in the al Qaeda bastion of Tarmiyah while provincial security forces are organizing in Mosul. But the central government must reach an accommodation with the Concerned Citizens to further reconciliation or risk the progress made in turning insurgent groups against al Qaeda over the past year.


3 Baghdad airport employees detained as terror suspects




Sunni Insurgents murder Iraqi police lieutenant and wife in Adhamiyah




Sunnis may stop work with US in Diyala




Iraqi Sunni, Shi'ite Leaders Meet




Special operations forces killed one Special Groups operative and captured two. Twenty-one al Qaeda operatives were captured in raids throughout the country. US forces captured 12 insurgents in raids near Busayefi and Hawr Rajab. Insurgents murdered a Sunni Iraqi police lieutenant and his wife in Baghdad™s Adhamiyah neighborhood.




Iraq Commander Says Surge Key to Gains