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Iranian Qods Force Agents Detained in Irbil Raid
US Pressure uncovers further evidence of Iran’s involvement with the Iraqi insurgency and al Qaeda Qods Force logo. Click image to view. Thursday’s raid on an Iranian liaison office and the subsequent arrest of five Iranians has provided further evidence of the Islamic Republic’s interference in Iraqi affairs and involvement with the insurgency. Multinational Forces – Iraq has reported the Iranians are members of Qods Force. “The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the…
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Iraq
Terrorists ‘use Google maps to hit UK troops’
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Iraq
The Ministry of Interior fired 6,000 employees in an effort to purge militias. Iraqi Army and police detained 47 insurgents in Fallujah in joint operation. Special Iraqi Army Forces and Iraqi National Police detained the Imam of the Al-Mahdi Mosque in Balad for terrorist activites.
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Surge in Killing as “Last Chance” Nears
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Iraq
Baghdad, between Maliki’s plan and Bush’s strategy…
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Iraq Security and Coalition Forces Conduct Major Offensive
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A Framework for thinking about Iraq Strategy
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Pressuring Iran on Iraq
Another raid & detention of Iranian diplomats Following President Bush’s speech on a change in strategy and tactics in Iraq, which contained unusually harsh language with respect to Iran and its involvement in the Iraqi insurgency, the United States wasted no time in firing its first shot across the bow of the Islamic Republic of Iran. U.S. forces raided the Iranian consulate in Irbil in northern Iraq, and detained five Iranians, along with computers, documents and other evidence the Iranians were colluding with the Sunni insurgency and Shia death squads. Irbil is in the Kurdish north, which is largely Sunni,…
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Iraq
A Sadr aide says US troops will “go home in coffins”. Iraq is seeking the release of the Iranians that were arrested near the consulate in Irbil. The Irians were applying for, but did not have diplomatic status. The Haifa Street area has been cordoned off after fierce battles that killed over 50.
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A New Oil Plan for Iraq
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Iraq: The Big Plan
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US sends warplanes to Turkey’s Incirlik military base
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(Iraq) Chemical Ali admits ordering executions
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Iraq
One day after President Bush vowed to crack down on Iran for involvement with the insurgency, US forces raided the Iranian consulate in Ibril and detained five for involvement with the insurgency. Iraqi and U.S. forces raid Sadr Cirt last evening. SCIRI’s Hakim backs the government in its crackdown on militias.
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Iraq: The greatest enemy is the time
Die Weltwoche pubilshed an article on my experiences and impressions on Iraq and Anbar province, titled The greatest enemy is the time. The article is published in German, so I have reproduced the text here:
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NRO Symposium on the New Strategy for Iraq
Iraq. Click map to view. I was invited to join a National Review Online Symposium on the New Strategy for Iraq. The questions were: Did the president say what needed to be said? Will it help? Also participating in the symposium are: Peter Brookes, Clark Judge, Clifford D. May, James S. Robbins, Joseph Morrison Skelly, and Nicholas J. Xenakis. I only had 200 words (and used 300), and reprinted my response below. After the NRO segment, I will clarify a few points in case there are any questions. The plans is comprehensive, and properly addresses all three problem areas: military,…
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3,000 British troops to pull out of Iraq by May
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The New Iraq Strategy
Iraq. Click map to view. President Bush will announce his new security plan within the hour. The White House has made a fact sheet available online, as well as a Strategic Overview [PDF] of new Iraq plan. This evening I participated in a conference call with White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and Brett McGurk, the Director for Iraq on the National Security Council. The fact sheet and Strategic Overview provide summaries of the Iraq strategy, but I want to highlight a few of the important items in the plan.
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Bush to order 21,500 more troops to Iraq
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Iraq
Over 1,000 Iraqi and U.S. forces are conducting an operation in Taleel Square in central Baghdad, and detained 15 insurgents in Haifa Street. The Iraqi Army detained an insurgent cell leader in Northern Baghdad, killed 3 insurgents in Baqubah, and is conducting an operation in Tahrir in north-central Iraq.
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Iraq
Iraq policy: Less a surge than a squirt
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Iraqi Army goes on the offensive
Iraqi Army and U.S. conduct operations in Baghdad, Diyala, Yusifiyah as U.S. plans to announce a troop surge Iraq. Click map to view. As the United States prepares to ‘surge’ more troops in Iraq, about 20,000 to 30,000 American soldiers and Marines according to most press accounts, the Iraqi government announced over the weekend it was conducting its own operation to secure the city. The targets of the Iraqi led operation are said to be both Sunni insurgents and Shia militias. “Military commanders said operations against the al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia in its Sadr City stronghold would be left largely…
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Iraq
Dead US Soldier in Anti-War Video ‘Alive and Well’
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Iraq
Regimental Combat Team 5 Welcomes Army Battalion
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Iraq
Peshmerga has nothing to do with Baghdad Security Plan – Ministry of Defense
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Iraq
Saddam aides ‘to die this week’
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Iraq
14 die amid crackdown by Iraqi forces
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Featured Embed Report: On Patrol with the Gators
Bill Ardolino from INDC Journal is currently embedded as a reporter with U.S. forces in Fallujah. Public Multimedia, Inc., my non-profit media corporation, assisted Bill with the embed process by providing advice, guidance and equipment lists. We are pleased to reproduce Bill’s latest update from Fallujah, On Patrol with the Gators, and thank him for the opportunity. I embedded with the Gators early in December of 2006, and Bill’s update provides continuing coverage from Fallujah. If you wish to support Bill’s embed and independent journalism, please visit INDC Journal.
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Iraq Will Be Petraeus’s Knot to Untie
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Bombs hurled at Saddam condolence site in Bahrain
