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Iraq
U.S. appears to be closing in on Abu Ayyub al-Masri, successor to Zarqawi as chief of al Qaeda in Iraq, as his second-in-command, Abu Taha, is killed. News broken by Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie early today. Taha can now be added to the list of top al Qaeda leaders killed or captured in Iraq in recent weeks.
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Iraq
The Iraq Survey Group report released today, urging combat troops out of Iraq by 2008, and bilateral negotiations with Iran and Syria. Bush pledges to act.
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Iraq
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, DefSec nominee Bob Gates said “all options are on the table” regarding Iraq and that the U.S. is neither winning nor losing the war. Iraq Study Group report to be issued at 12 GMT Wednesday morning and is expected to push for regional conference on Iraq that includes Syria and Iran and a realignment of U.S. forces to play peacekeeping role.
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Iraq
Hakim, the leader of SCIRI, called for US troops to remain in Iraq. A Marine helicopter made an emergency water landing in a lake in Anbar province; 16 were aboard; 12 survived and 4 we killed. Iraqi and US forces closed off the town of Siniyah after insurgents attack the police station and forced the mayor and police to resign.
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Iraq
So what does an IED look like?
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The Military and The Media
The divide grows FALLUJAH, IRAQ: I’ve completed the first leg of the journey to Iraq, after having moved through Dubai, Kuwait and Baghdad. I am now at Camp Fallujah. While in Fallujah, I’ll embed with a Marine Police Transition Team (PTT) and also meet with the Civil Affairs Group. The next stop will be Ramadi. The trip – from my front door to Fallujah – took 3 ½ days, accounting for the 8 hour time shift between the East Coast and Iraq. This is remarkable considering Iraq is a war zone. I spent all of 35 minutes in the Green…
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Iraq
Iraq: Six terrorists killed, foreign fighter safe houses destroyed
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Iraq
Saudis and Iran prepare to do battle over corpse of Iraq
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Iraq
Baghdad’s hospitals dangerous for Sunni patients
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Iraq
Iraq: Pilot of crashed F-16 listed as killed in action
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Iraq
Iraqi Army falters in Baghdad mission
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Iraq
Saddam appeals death sentence
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Iraq
The Sunni Insurgency in Iraq
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Six terrorist were killed and five captured in a raid on two foreign fighter safehouses in Gharma. The U.S. and Iraqi Army launched an operation i n Baqubah. The Iraqi Army arrested an insurgent leader in Baqubah, and a cell’s members in Baghdad, Ramadi and Samarra.
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Baghdad Bombings in Shia Markets
Suicide attacks in Baghdad, al Qaeda and Sadr continue to divide Iraq BAGHDAD, IRAQ: The Iraqi capital was rocked by three near-simultaneous car bombing in central Shiite neighborhood. Two bombs blew up at a market in the Sadriya market, and one at the nearby Wathbac circle. The market was teaming with shoppers, and traffic circle was crowed with traffic. Over 50 were killed and 80 wounded in the attack.
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Iraq
91 people have been killed and 40 wounded in a coordinated car bomb attack in the al-Sadriyah shopping area of Baghdad. Falah Shanshel, the head of Muqtada al-Sadr’s political bloc, has announced a possible alliance with Sunnis, Christians, and secularists against Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki.
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US soldier killed in fighting in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province
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Iraq
Triple car bombing kill 40 Iraqis
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Iraq
[UPDATE 2] The U.S. is debating ending the reconciliation negotiations with Sunni insurgents. U.S. helicopters supported an Iraqi operation against death squads in the the Fadhil area of Baghdad. The Iraqi Army also conducted an operation in Rusafa. A terrorist killed 4 and wounded 29 in Mosul after police stopped an attack on a police station. U.S. forces killed 2 al Qaeda and captured 27 in multiple raids throughout Iraq.
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Iraq
Leaks indicate the Iraq Survey Group will recommend pulling back troops soon. PM Maliki is receiving criticism from Sunnis in the government for failing to resolve the violence. The remainder of the Stryker Brigade in Mosul is moving to Baghdad.
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Iran and Syria aren’t our friends in Iraq
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Iraq
Key Bush-Maliki summit on Iraq delayed
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Iraq
“How Did It Go?”
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Iraq
Over 7000 al Qaeda in Iraq have been killed or captured over the past 2 years. President Bush and PM Maliki will meet in Jordan today. 36 Sadr politicians are ‘boycotting the government,’ not resigning as they initially threatened. An internal memo cites concerns about PM Maliki’s ability to control the security situation. Insurgent attacks on police stations in Baquba were repelled, 13 insurgents and 8 al Qaeda were killed during fighting.
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Iraq
Bush to focus on Iraqi troops in Maliki talks
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Iraq
Jordan’s king meetings with Iraqi Sunni leader to help broker deal to quell violence
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Iraq
Pentagon considers moving troops from Anbar province to Baghdad.
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Iraq
Hezbollah is supporting Sadr’s Mahdi Army. An investigation into the crash of an F-16 north of Baghdad has begun. The pilot is missing. Five women were killed in Ramadi after U.S. forces attack an insurgent safe house. Iraqi special forces captured 2 members of an IED cell. The U.S. media has now labeled Iraq a ‘civil war.’
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Iraq
N.Y. Times, others call Iraq conflict ‘civil war™
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Anbar, the Washington Post and the Devlin Report
Another partially leaked report on Anbar province Iraq. Click map to view. The Washington Post has access to segments of the latest intelligence report on Anbar province, and reports the situation in western Iraq is dire. Military and intelligence sources that I spoke to who have read the report indicate that they largely agree with the most recent assessment of the situation in Anbar in Colonel Devlin’s report, but not as presented by the Washington Post. The situation in Anbar province, they say, has not changed much since the release of the last report. And as I noted in September…
