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Iraq
British Army chief denies Government rift
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al Qaeda’s Grand Coalition in Anbar
al Qaeda in Iraq forms the “Mutayibeen Coalition,” which includes six Anbar tribes Governor Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Awani met with local tribal sheikhs and city government leaders at a U.S military outpost in Husaybah, Iraq, July 3, 2006. Photo by Cpl. Antonio Rosas. Click image to view. The battle lines between al Qaeda and the government in Anbar province continue to take shape. In mid-September, 25 of the 31 tribes in Anbar province decided to back the Iraqi government and join forces to hunt al Qaeda. The tribes have had success in hunting down al Qaeda, and committed to allowing…
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Iraq
(Iraq) Under US Patrol, Once-Tough District Revives
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Iraq
Violence ‘may cost Al Maliki his job’
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Iraq
Gunmen raid Iraqi TV station, kill seven
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Iraq
16 al Qaeda in Iraq detained in raid west of Balad
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Iraq
Iraqi parliament approves federal law
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Iraq
The explosion at an ammunition dump in Camp Falcon, Baghdad was caused by an insurgent mortar round. The Islamic Army in Iraq has taken credit. Three Marines were killed in Ramadi, and two U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad. Five Iraqis were killed and 16 wounded in bombings in Baghdad. Over 110 victims of death squads have been found in Bagdad in the past several days.
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Iraq
Fire breaks out at ammo dump at US base in Baghdad
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Iraqi, U.S. Army engage Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Diwaniyah
Operations in Diwaniyah continue to chip away at Sadr’s power base The Mahdi Army in Baghdad’s Sadr City. Click image to view. The city of Diwaniyah continues to be a flashpoint between Iraqi and U.S.forces on one side, and Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army on the other. Late Monday, a joint Iraq Army and U.S. Army patrol stopped at a police checkpoint across from the Al Qaim Mosque, and was hit with a grenade attack from Mahdi Army forces. Iraqi and U.S. forces returned fire, and killed two Madhi Army fighters. Eleven Mahdi fighters were killed in the resulting battle, with…
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Iraq
ISF shuts down insugent hawala in Tikrit
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Iraq
The death of Umar Farouq has been confirmed. An Iraqi spokesman announced the “prince of princes” of Jamaat Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad (al Qaeda in Iraq) has been arrested in Baghdad, but has not named him. Almost 150 insurgents were detained during operations in Kirkuk. A suicide bomber kills 10 in a Baghdad market. Hundreds of Iraqi policemen are suspected to have been poisoned during a dinner, possibly with cyanide.
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Iraq
Iraq PM orders probe into mass poisoning of police
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Iraq
Iraq: The Consequences of Withdrawal
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Iraq
Iraqi Vice President’s Brother Slain
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Iraq
Hundreds of Iraq police fall ill at meal
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Iraq
Iraq moves to tackle corruption
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Iraq
US, Iraqi troops kill 20 Shi’ite Insurgents
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Operations in Kirkuk, Diyala and Diwaniyah
Three large counterinsurgency operations are occurring across Iraq Iraq. Click map to view. Iraqi and U.S. forces are on the offensive against the insurgency and al Qaeda outside of Operation Together Forward in Baghdad. Three large scale counterinsurgency operations are under way in Diwaniyah, Diyala and Kirkuk. In Diwaniyah, the target continues to be Sadr’s Madhi Army. In Kirkuk and Diyala, al Qaeda and the Sunni insurgency are the focus of operations. Diwaniyah Over thirty “terrorists” were killed after a joint Iraqi and U.S. team raided the home of Kifah al-Greiti, “a Mahdi Army commander in the city”, according to…
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Iraq
Iraq religious leaders move to ban inter-sect fighting
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Iraq
Suicide truck bomber in Iraq kills 14
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Iraq
Iraq Study Group suggests diving Iraq into three autonomous regions
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Iraq
Kurdish MP assasinated in Iraq
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Iraq
Australian forces ineffectually targeted in Iraq
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Iraq
4,000 Iraqi police fatilities in two years
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Iraq
Kirkuk has been shut down as Iraqi and U.S. forces conduct a major operation in the city. A suicide bomber kills 14 and wounds 13 in Tal Afar.
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Choosing Sides in the Sunni Insurgency
A Sunni tribe joins al Qaeda, The Islamic Army in Iraq offers negotiations with the U.S. Iraq. Click map to view. The splits within the Sunni Insurgency and al Qaeda continue to manifest as Sunni groups begin to chart their future actions. One of the major Islamist insurgent groups is willing to negotiate, as a Sunni tribe has committed to al Qaeda. The Associated Press reports the Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the largest insurgent groups in the country, has again announced it is willing to negotiate with the United States. The Islamic Army in Iraq fears the rise…
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Iraq
Purported spokesman for Islamic Army in Iraq offers negotiations with the United States
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Iraq
CBS: Death Squads In Iraqi Hospitals
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Iraq
Iraq suspends 1200 police for ties to abductions, murders
