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NEWS ABOUT: Islamic State of Iraq

Islamic State of Iraq stories: 7 news summaries

 Al-Qaeda Claims 
 Baghdad Bombing 

Blast at Iraqi ministries left 155 dead

Oct 27, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for this weekend's twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • Sunni insurgents • al-Qaeda • insurgency

Sunnis Launch Ramadan Murder Drive

Insurgents target police, Interior Ministry officials, tribal leaders for assassination

Sep 26, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sunni insurgents have launched an assassination campaign aimed at  Iraqi police and officials of the Interior Ministry to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, reports the New York Times. Eight police officers, including a police chief, have been killed and 30 injured. A provincial governor  survived a suicide bombing... More »

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Iraq • Islamic State of Iraq • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • suicide bombing • surge • assassination • Interior Ministry • Sunni insurgents • police chiefs • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia

Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head
of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder
of Swede who drew offensive image

Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated... More »

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Islam • Islamic State of Iraq • Muslims • cartoon • Mohammed • Sweden • Islamist extremists • cartoonist • Nerikes Allehanda • Lars Vilks • Danish Mohammed cartoons • al-Qaeda

Iraqi al-Qaeda Group to Track Down 'Traitors'

Islamic State of Iraq vows to kill those
who align with US

Sep 15, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thursday's assassination of a Sunni tribal leader was the first in what an al-Qaeda front group warns will be the fate of all who cooperate with the US, reports the AP. The Islamic State of Iraq announced on Islamist websites that "special security committees" will track down "traitors"... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • insurgents • Islamic State of Iraq • assassination • Anbar • Ramadan • Abdul Sattar Abu Risha • al-Qaeda

Bin Laden's Envoy in Iraq Captured

Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq details foreign involvement in Baghdad

Jul 18, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Forces have captured a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq they say was an envoy to central al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Khaled al-Mashhadani was captured on July 4th in Mosul, and is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the organization which has been at... More »

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Islamic State of Iraq • Mahmoud Mashhadani • Mosul • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

US troops comb area south of Baghdad
for three missing since Saturday

May 14, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda umbrella group claims it kidnapped the three US soldiers missing since Saturday. Thousands of troops continue to sweep the area south of Baghdad dubbed the Triangle of Death for their comrades, who disappeared in an ambush that killed four other solders. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq offered... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • missing soldiers • bomb • car bomb • Triangle of Death • al-Qaeda

Militants Burn Houses in
Mixed Areas

New tactic forces out Iraqis who don't endorse radical agenda

Mar 12, 07 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sunni extremists burned houses in a mixed city 60 miles from Baghdad over the weekend, a new tactic in the campaign to drive out citizens who don't support a sectarian agenda. Attackers burned as many as 100 homes, both Sunni and Shiite, in an apparent effort to destroy mixed neighborhoods... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Islamic State of Iraq • violence • militant

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