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The US will release evidence of Iran's involvement with supplying weapons to Shia groups. Coalition forces killed 10 IED emplacers in Diyala and Salahadin provinces. A US airstrike accidentally killed 5 Kurdish soldiers in Mosul.




Marines assist in raids on Haditha insurgents




Hunting al-Masri; al Qaeda's Strelas (updated with video)

Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Task Force 145 likely on the trail of al Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri; al Qaeda anti-aircraft cells may be using latest version of Strelas The Hunt for al-Masri Coalition forces received a big break yesterday,...


Shiite District, Flash Point in Baghdad, Rebuilds




Aux armes citoyens




New Weapon Targeting Copters?




US troops open Joint Security Station in Doura




Enemy doubles IED use in Iraq




Iraqi Special forces arrested "a senior Ministry of Health official... who is suspected of being a central figure in alleged corruption and rogue Jaysh Al-Mahdi infiltration" of the health ministry. Iraqi papers claim the al Qaeda anti-aircraft cells possess Strelas, and the NY Times reports a civilian helo was downed south of Baghdad on January 31st. A Coalition airstrike killed 13 insurgents in Amiriya.




Surging




Deploying the The Snake Eater in Khalidaya

A much needed biometric technology is brought to the battlefield in Khalidaya The Snake Eater in action. Click photo to view. In the middle of January, I embedded with the joint U.S. Marine and U.S. Army Military Transition Team based...


al Qaeda's anti-aircraft squads

al Qaeda in Iraq is believed to be operating Strela missile teams, courtesy of Iran An AH-64 Apache. Click photo to view. The past three weeks has seen a dramatic increase in the downing of U.S. helicopters operating in central...


Row between US, Egypt over al-Zawra, Iraq's insurgency TV




Distant Death Hits Home




A Marine CH-46 transport helicopter crashed near Karma in Anbar province; seven troops were killed. al Qaeda claims it shot the helo down. Coalition forces captured a senior al Qaeda IED cell leader, and destroyed a safe house near Taji. The Iraqi Army captured an al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator in Al Qaim.




The Surge and the Baghdad Security Operation

A process, not an event Detailed map of Baghdad. Click to view. News that an Iraqi Army brigade and 2,000 American troops have begun an operation in the Sunni dominated neighborhood of Azamiyah has kicked off speculation the Baghdad Security...


Military Wants More Civilians to Help in Iraq




[UPDATE 2] A major offensive is underway in the Sunni dominated Azamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad. Over 2,000 US troops are supporting the Iraqi Army in operations. Nine Iraqis were killed in two carbombings in Baghdad. A combined US and Iraqi operation netted 77 suspected insurgents near Habbaniyah in Anbar province.




The US military said an Iraqi lawmaker is responsible for the French and US embassies in Kuwait in 2003, and is backed by the Iranian Qods Force. Two members of Sadr's Mahdi Army have been killed over the past week. An Iranian diplomat was kidnapped in Baghdad. An al Qaeda cell leader was captured; three members were killed, and 26 suspects were detained.




US-Iraqi coalition readies offensive