Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn

                   
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Pope Benedict urges Maliki to protect Christian community in Iraq

dailystar.com.lb     1 hr ago   64 related          

Pope Benedict told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that minority Christians in Iraq needed more protection but the Iraqi leader assured the pontiff that Christians were not being persecuted. Maliki, who met the...                

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US attempts to retain funded militias in Iraq

dailystar.com.lb     1 hr ago   1 related          

The Iraqi officer leading a US-financed anti-jihadist group is in no mood for small talk - either the military gives him more money or he will pack his bags and rejoin the ranks of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. "I'll go back to Al-Qaeda...                

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Al-Qaeda in Iraq Down – But Not Out

groundreport.com     6 hrs ago   1 related          

By Jennifer Koons in London (ICR No. 266, 25-Jul-08) Al-Qaeda suicide bombings and other reprisals against Sunni tribal leaders and their followers who have aligned themselves with United States and Iraqi government forces...                

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U.S. ambassador says insurgency 'trying to hang on'

signonsandiego.com     12 hrs ago   26 related          

BAGHDAD – The insurgency that bedeviled U.S. forces for years and killed thousands of Iraqis and Americans has withered to the point where it is “not even much of a challenge anymore” to Iraq's future, Ambassador Ryan Crocker...                

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Reporting from Iraq: Violence still flourishes in Diyala

scrippsnews.com     yesterday   20 related          

DIYALA PROVINCE, Iraq -- Editor's note: The Ventura County Star sent a reporter and photographer to document the experiences of Seabees deployed to Iraq from Naval Base Ventura County. While there, an Army battalion commander...                

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rte.ie: RTÉ.ie News: Iraq Suicide bomber blew herself up as an army patrol passed rte.ie

Female suicide bomber kills at least 8 (AAP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   58 related          

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up as she approached US-allied Sunni fighters walking in a crowded area north of Baghdad , killing at least eight members of the group and wounding 24 other people, police say. The...                

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cnn.com: A U.S. Army bugler plays taps during burial services for a female soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in 2005. cnn.com

100 female U.S. service members have died in Iraq

cnn.com     yesterday   8 related          

Latest death of female service member in Iraq blamed on natural causes Of the 100 dead, 97 were troops, and three were military civilian employees Sixty-one of the deaths have been classified as hostile Female suicide bomber...                

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Our View On Iraq: Why Can’t Obama Admit The Obvious? The Surge Worked

patdollard.com     yesterday   8 related          

From USA Today Obama was right about war, wrong about surge; McCain vice versa. In January 2007, America’s adventure in Iraq seemed like a chaotic failure. The country was riven with sectarian violence, and al-Qaeda in Iraq had...                

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Mosul conflict ebbs after five-year battle between Coalition, insurgents for control

freerepublic.com     18 hrs ago   1 related          

MOSUL, IRAQ: The Battle for Mosul over the past several years has worked as a microcosm for the larger Iraqi conflict, with Coalition and Iraqi forces successfully imposing its will only after Al Qaeda and other insurgent...                

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Baghdad Bureau: The Road to Anbar

nytimes.com     yesterday          

The bridge over the Euphrates river in Falluja, as it looks today. (Photo: Ali al-Saadi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) BAGHDAD — This spring I needed to interview former detainees in American detention centers who had...                

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