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Iraq
US-Iraqi coalition readies offensive
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Iraq
“A Conquest from Allah and an Imminent Victory”
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Iraq
US officers said the Baghdad offensive will commence shortly and will be unprecedented in size and scope. Iraqi police took control of Kirkuk after 7 car bombs killed 3 and wounded 22. US forces killed a Sadr lieutenant in Baquba.
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Iraqi Security Forces Order Of Battle
Progression of Iraqi Army units ‘in the lead’ as of December 2006. Map courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click map to view. The Fourth Rail is pleased to publish the first release of the Iraqi Security Forces Order Of Battle. The ISF OOB is based on open source information. We believe this document is a good representation of the structure of the Iraqi Security Forces. The OOB will be updated and published on a monthly basis. The Iraqi Security Forces Order Of Battle was compiled and written by DJ Elliott, who retired after 22 years as an Intelligence Specialist in the U.S.…
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Iraq
After Deadly Blast in Iraq, Shiites Assail US Policy
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Iraq
US To Change Helicopter Tactics In Iraq
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Iraq
Saboteurs knock out four power pylons south of Baghdad
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Iraq
Four policemen were killed in a bombing attack in Baghdad. Mosul policemen repelled an insurgent attack on a police station, killing 2 insurgents in the process. The Iraqi government said they “have confirmation that 50 percent of these takfiris and killers who call themselves Arab jihadists come across the Syrian border.” The US confirms the four helicopters lost over the past two weeks were shot down.
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Iraq
Top secret army cell breaks terrorists
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Iraq
A truck bomb at a market in a Shia neighborhood in Baghdad killed over 120 and wounded over 220. A curfew has been put in place in Kirkuk after a series of car bombings. Coalition forces killed 4 al Qaeda and captured 10.
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Iraq
Civil war worse that al Qaeda; report
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Iraq
The US killed 18 insurgents during two battles in Ramadi. Two soldiers were killed after their helicopter was shot down in Taji. The al Qaeda front Islamic State in Iraq claimed credit. This is the 4th helo shot down since January 20th.
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Iraq
Group warns of cooperating with British forces in Basra
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Iraq
Iraq May Enter the World Trade Organization
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Iraq
The Kurdish Security Network in Northern Iraq
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Iraq
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has proof the Iranians are supplying IED materials to Iraqi insurgents. Operations in Diyala in mid-January resulted in 100 insurgents killed and 54 detained. The number of troops deployed may actually double in the surge. Sixty-two were killed in a double suicide and mortar attacks.
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Iraq
Iraq Invites Syria, Iran For Talks
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Iraq
General: Shiite Militia Leaders Leaving Baghdad Strongholds
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Iraq
Truck blows up at army base in Diyala, Iraq
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Iraq
US army uniforms found in warehouse east of Baghdad
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Iraq
New US Commander Says Iraq Situation Can Be Salvaged
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Pentagon investigating Iran’s Qods Force role in Karbala attack
IRGC’s Qods Force is the prime suspect in the Karbala attack which killed 5 soldiers; we broke story on Friday, January 26 Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Qods Force. Click image to view. On Friday, we reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force was very likely behind the attack on the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, which resulted in the kidnapping and execution of four U.S. soldiers. Five soldiers total were killed in the operation, and three others wounded. We noted, based on multiple sources in the military and intelligence community, that the attack was far too…
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Iraq
The US will withhold evidence that indicates Iran is providing weapons, bomb materials, agents and other support to the Sunni insurgency, al Qaeda, and Shia militias. Dozens of suicide bombers per month are entering Iraq from Syria. Thirty-nine were killed in attacks throughout Iraq on the Shia festival of Ashura.
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Iraq
“Progress is occurring amidst the violence”
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Iraq
Iraqi messianic cult denies involvement in battle
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Iraq
Turkey-US move to combat PKK
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Iraq
Ashura pilgrims attacked in Iraq, 40 killed
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Iraq
Sounds of War
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Iraq
Commander: Half of Ramadi is dangerous
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Jaish al-Janna and Najaf
An intelligence source provides preliminary information on the players behind the Najaf battle; al Qaeda’s Omar Brigade appears to have player a role Iraqi soldiers capture fighters outside Najaf. Click photo to view. The motivation and prime actors behind the fighting in Najaf remains uncertain one day after the battle ended. As U.S. and Iraq intelligence attempts to sort out the details, media reports indicate a mix of Shi’ite and Sunni fighters were involved in the battle against Iraqi forces, which resulted in upwards of 300 enemy killed in 24 hours of combat. As we noted earlier this morning, it…
