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A dictator’s Mideast legacy
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Iraqi Army capture bombers in Mosul
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Saddam Hussein was transferred to the Iraqi government and immediately executed by hanging. His last words were “Down with the traitors, the Americans, the spies and the Persians.” Saddam was buried in his home town of Awja, near Tikrit. About 75 Iraqis were killed and 125 wounded during attacks throughout the country, including a large suicide bombing in Kufa.
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US weighs sending 17,000 to 20,000 more troops to Iraq
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Timeline: Saddam’s life of bloodshed
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[UPDATE 2] A judge said Saddam will hang by Saturday, other officials said within hours (as of 18:41 GMT.) Saddam’s lawyers believe he will be executed within days. The US, however, says Saddam is still in their custody. A suicide bomber killed 13 and wounded 17 after attacking a Husseiniya in Khalis.
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[UPDATE 1] Two of the Iranians arrested for insurgent activities were released by the US. The Iraqi Army detained 13 in a raid on an insurgent camp in Baqubah. Two al Qaeda terrorists were killed in a raid in Baghdad, while 13 insurgents were arrested in eastern Baghdad. Four terrorists were killed during a raid in Thar Thar.
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New Report/Chart: “State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: 2006”
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US rotates 3,300-strong ‘call-forward’ force in Kuwait
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Saddam To Iraqis: Don’t Hate The Invaders
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The Baath party has threatened to strike US interests outside Iraq if Saddam Hussein is executed. Saddam calls his sentence a “sacrifice.” The Iraqi Army and US conducted a raid on a Mahdi Army IED facilitator near Najaf. During the raid, a US soldier killed Saheb al-Amir, a senior Sadr aide who was the IED facilitator.
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Mattis on the Marines: Pendleton commander upbeat about morale, progress in Iraq
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British and Iraqi forces destroyed the headquarters of a Basra police Crimes Unit after receiving intelligence of torture and planned execution of prisoners. A bomb in a Baghdad shopping area killed 10. Four Iranians, including two diplomats, were detained by American forces and released. President Talabani protested the arrests.
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Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
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Suspected senior al Qaeda weapons dealer captured in Bayji
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US Military Urging Iraq to Rein In Guard Force
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What a ‘troop surge’ in Iraq might accomplish
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al Qaeda in Iraq Announces “Mighty Raid on the Soldiers of the Crusaders and the Apostates”
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12,000 Iraqi police killed since Saddam’s ouster, says minister
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Al-Zawraa Responds to Muj TV
Al-Zawraa logo. Click image to view. Mashaan Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa, responds to my post, Muj TV While in Fallujah, I wrote about al-Zawraa, or what the Iraqis refer to as “Muj TV.” This is a satellite television station that broadcasts attacks on U.S., Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, as well as calls for incitement against Shiites and Iranians. Al-Zawraa was founded by Mishan al-Jabouri (or Mashaan Aljabouri), a former member of parliament who has been charged by the Iraqi government with embezzling money from the government and supporting al Qaeda.
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Fahd al-Saudi, an al Qaeda facilitator in Ramadi, killed along with 3 terrorists
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Islamists arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Suicide bomber kills 7 police in Iraq
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US commanders back Iraq troop surge
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Sistani backs off of supporting a coalition without Sadr, citing Shia unity as the deciding factor. A deal to get Sadr to return to the government is still being negotiated. The ISF and Sadr’s forces battled in Samawa, leaving 5 dead and 17 wounded. Coalition and the ISF detained 48 terrorists over the past two days.
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Iraqi Army still has a long road ahead, but troops are taking more responsibility for missions
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[UPDATE 2] al Qaeda’s “Islamic State of Iraq” offers the US a one month truce to withdraw its forces, but demands the US leave its heavy weapons. British troops have captured members of the police responsible for death squad activities in Basra. Iraqi Army Special Forces conducted a raid in Sadr City, and detained 1 and injured 3. The 5th Iraqi Army Division capture 13 suspected members of an “illegal armed group cell” in Muqdadiyah.
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An Interview with Captain Eric Coulson
Video shot by Captain Coulson of an IED detonation. See This post brought to you by Force Protection & Ultra Machine & Fabrication for a larger view. FALLUJAH, IRAQ: One of the best sources of news on the situation in Iraq is from the officers and enlisted serving in the theater who maintain military blogs. While at Camp Fallujah, I met up with one such Milblogger. Captain Eric Coulson is the commanding officer of Alpha Company, Task Force 321 Engineers (Task Force Pathfinder), and the author of Badgers Forward, one of the finest Milblogs out there. Captain Coulson’s battalion replaced…
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Sadr has agreed to end the boycott, as a block of Shiite, Kurdish and a Sunni politial party continue to attempt to form a coalition without Sadr. Shiite leaders are pressing PM Maliki to deal with the militias, and are pressuring Sadr to halt the sectarian killings.
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Anbar Province and the Iraq Study Group Report
Iraqi Politicians and Tribal Sheihks are concerned about the implications of the Iraq Study Group report The Anbar mayors meeting in Fallujah. Click image to view. FALLUJAH, IRAQ: The release of the Iraq Study Group report, a 79 point plan to address Iraq, created by a blue ribbon panel lead by former Secretary of State James Baker and Representative Lee Hamilton, has implications far beyond domestic U.S. politics. I’ve been asked numerous times how this report has effected the U.S. troops serving in Iraq. The answer is very little. Most shrug their shoulders at the news reports, and haven’t had…
