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Iraq
Iran army warns US against making ‘stupid moves’
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Al Qaeda
Inside al Qaeda’s brain?
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Al Qaeda’s Chlorine Attacks: The Dirty War in Anbar
Two Killed, over 350 treated for exposure in multiple attacks in Anbar; leader of Anbar Salvation Council targeted Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted a three pronged suicide car bomb attack using chlorine gas in Anbar province. On March 16, three suicide truck bombers armed with chlorine gas struck at targets in the cities of Ramadi, Amiriya, and Fallujah, according to a Multinational Forces Iraq press release. Two police were killed in the attack, and over 350 were treated for symptoms related to chlorine gas exposure. “The second bomber [in Amiriya] targeted a tribal leader opposed to al Qaeda,” Reuters reports,…
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Yemen
The Yemeni government is using Salafist jihadi groups to fight rebels know as “the Believing Youth, a small band of Shiite Zaidi rebels that has been battling the government on and off since 2004.” Terrorist groups such as the Abyan Aden Islamic Army, which is supported by al Qaeda, “joined Yemen™s military efforts against the rebels.”
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Somalia
The “Brigades of Tawhid Wal Jihad in the Land of Somalia” claimed responsibility for the mortar attack on the presidential palace earlier this week. The local government in southern Somalia ordered security forces to kill any suspect believed to be threatening the peace.
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Pakistan
The dismissal of the Chief Justice is causing serious unrest in Pakistan. Over 750 protesters and opposition leaders were arrested and 50 injured in protests in Rawalpindi and Lahore. Police stormed the offices of Geo TV and shut down the station.
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Signs in Sadr City
Muqtada calls for residents to oppose the U.S. as the U.S. continues to work on his Mahdi Army Protests in Sadr City after Friday’s prayers. (Photo AFP/Getty). Click to view. One month after the implementation of the Baghdad Security Plan and Muqtada al Sadr’s subsequent retreat to Iran, Sadr has now spoken out against the U.S. and Iraqi government push into the slums of Baghdad’s Sadr City. During Friday prayers, one of Sadr’s clerics read a statement urging the people of Sadr City to oppose the U.S. presence inside the neighborhood. “I trust that you have taken them as your…
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Turkey
Security forces arrested 39 members of Turkish al Qaeda. “The operation also turned up report cards from a school in Konya attended by the children of al Qaeda members that include a pledge ‘to Koran, to jihad, and to martyrdom.’”
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Al Qaeda
Document shows how al Qaeda tested airports ahead of failed jet bombing plot
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Afghanistan
NATO will conduct a “rolling series” of operations to pursue the Taliban in the south. Dutch troops have pushed to the Uruzgan-Helmand border in support of Operation Achilles. Italy is negotiating with the Taliban over the release of a journalist. The US is donating $750 million for border security.
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Re: The Hollow Army
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Iraq
Iraq, U.N. aim to build support for reconstruction
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Iraq
US tries – again – to win support on embattled Baghdad street
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Palestinian Territories
Israel will not recognise Hamas coalition
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Palestinian Territories
A group of Palestinians claimed to have joined al Qaeda in an Internet posting. “We pledge loyalty to Sheikh Osama Bin Laden and we will carry out jihad… Abbas is a client of the Americans, and Dahlan is a client of the Zionists,” he wrote. ”
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Morocco
Abdelfattah Raydi, the Internet cafe suicide bomber, served jail time for membership in an Islamist “militant group.” Moroccan intelligence indicated the western Sahara is infiltrated with al- Qaeda.
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Lebanon
Fatah al-Islam, a Lebanon based al Qaeda offshoot led by Zarqawi associate Shakir al-Abssi, has 150 fighters and operates unhindered from Palestinian refugee camps. Lebanon claims Fatah Al Islam is Fatah Al Intifada, which is backed by Syrian intelligence.
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Iran
Ahmadinejad attacks “illegitimate”
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Iraq
US in Disarmament Discussions with Elements of Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Iraq
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The Battle of Diyala
Strykers engage in heavy urban combat in Baqubah s the Diyala front becomes very hot Map of southern Diyala. Click map to view. Baquba, the capital of the violence wracked province of Diyala, has emerged as the latest battlefield in Iraq. Earlier this week, Multinational Forces Iraq began to redeploy a battalion of Strykers – about 700 soldiers and 100 of their Stryker combat vehicles from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division – from Baghdad to Baqubah to chase down the 2,000 plus estimated al Qaeda fighters who have fled the capital in anticipation of…
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Al Qaeda
9/11 “Confession”: How Real?
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Iraq
Robo-Chopper Sniffs IEDs
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Afghanistan
Bulgaria is planning on sending an additional 335 troops. The US will donate power generators to provide energy for Kabul. Afghan minister Ismail Khan criticized US human rights groups for calling leaders warlords and the Karzai government for failing to implement Islamic law.
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The Hollow Army
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Jordan
Jordan sentenced 4 al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists to death. Ten others received lesser charges. Only Ziad Karbouly, the group’s leader, is in custody, the rest were tried in absentia.
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Afghanistan
Emerging Epicenter In the Afghan War
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas: New gov’t to respect previous accords, but back resistance
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Iran
Iran Backing Gaza Fighters, Israeli Security Chief Says
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Al Qaeda
al Qaeda and India
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Iraq
US soldiers stunned by misery of life in Sadr City
