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  • May 2007

    • U.S. Raid Frees 42 Al Qaeda Captives in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  May 28, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      U.S. Raid Frees 42 Al Qaeda Captives in Iraq

      (Newser) - U.S. troops freed 42 kidnapped Iraqis from an al Qaeda hideout in Diyala province, north of Baghdad yesterday. Some of the prisoners had been tortured for months, including some who had broken bones and had been hung from the ceiling, AP reports. One captive said he was 14 years old. More »

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      Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • torture  • insurgents  • American troops  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • death toll  • prisoners  • Diyala

    • Contractors in Iraq Trigger Two Shootings

      Washington Post  |  May 27, 07 6:52 PM CDT

      Contractors in Iraq Trigger Two Shootings

      (Newser) - Contractors from private security firm Blackwater USA set off two firefights in Baghdad in as many days last week. On Thursday, a Blackwater guard shot and killed an Iraqi driver who trailed a convoy suspiciously, and Wednesday a Blackwater convoy escorting State Department officials was ambushed—sparking a battle between contractors, coalition forces, and insurgents, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • military  • Blackwater  • contractors  • coalition forces

    • Morgue Stats Show Surge in Iraqi Killings

      Washington Post  |  May 24, 07 3:04 PM CDT

      Morgue Stats Show Surge in Iraqi Killings

      (Newser) - Statistics from Iraqi morgues show that three months into the surge, sectarian killings are rising, the Washington Post reports. In the first three weeks of May, 321 unidentified corpses, many showing signs of exectution and torture, were found in Baghdad. The number equals those found in all of January, the month before the new security plan was launched. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • insurgents  • troop surge  • Shiite  • Sunni  • sectarian violence  • militia

    • Iran Said to Be Plotting Iraq Offensive

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 22, 07 8:19 AM CDT

      Iran Said to Be Plotting Iraq Offensive

      (Newser) - Iran is secretly allying with al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents to launch a major summer offensive against the US in Iraq, reports the Guardian . The goal is  to trigger a political mutiny in Congress to force a withdrawal of US troops. Iran had previously been linked to Shia militias but had not collaborated with Sunnis. More »

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      Iran  • Congress  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • Sunni

    • Shiite al-Sadr Reaches Out to Sunni Rivals

      Washington Post  |  May 20, 07 3:14 PM CDT

      Shiite al-Sadr Reaches Out to Sunni Rivals

      (Newser) - In a dramatic shift in tacttics, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reaching out to rival Sunni leaders in Iraq, and purging radical elements of his own militia, the Washington Post reports. With Sunni insurgents making moves to distance themselves from al-Qaeda, Sadr sees an opportunity for a cross-sectarian political alliance, aides tell the Post . More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence  • Sunni leaders

    • Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

      Associated Press  |  May 20, 07 2:20 PM CDT

      Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

      (Newser) - A gunbattle between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda-linked militants in Tripoli  today left 22 soldiers and 17 insurgents dead, the AP reports. The fighting—the worst in the city in two decades— began when police raided an apartment occupied by militants. The army later shelled a Palestinian refugee camp which contains the group's headquarters, as hundreds of Lebanese onlookers cheered. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • military  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Tripoli  • radical

    • Contractor Fatalities Soar in Iraq

      New York Times  |  May 19, 07 9:13 AM CDT

      Contractor Fatalities Soar in Iraq

      (Newser) - Private contractors have been killed  in Iraq in record numbers this year, the New York Times reports, as the deployment of U.S. forces in outside the Green Zone amps up the danger for both soldiers and civilians. Through March, there were at least 146 killed, compared to 224 troops during the same period. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • insurgents  • troop surge  • civilian casualties  • Green Zone

    • Tribes Claim Al-Qaeda Head Killed by Rivals

      BBC  |  May 1, 07 7:40 AM CDT

      Tribes Claim Al-Qaeda Head Killed by Rivals

      (Newser) - The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq is dead, according to the Iraqi government. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was killed in a skirmish between rival groups of militants, officials said today, suggesting the possibility of exploitable rifts in the Sunni insurgency. The U.S. military has not verified the claim because a body has not been produced or identified. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • Sunni  • Abu Ayyub al Masri  • Abu Musab al Zarqawi

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Bill Would Put Ba'athists Back in Power

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 28, 07 8:47 AM CDT

      Bill Would Put Ba'athists Back in Power

      (Newser) - Ba'athists will be allowed back in government posts if a bill proposed yesterday, aimed at  reconciling dissident Sunnis with the Shiite-dominated government, passes the Iraqi parliament.  The U.S has been pushing for the law to law to woo the former Saddam loyalists —mostly Sunnis— into the political process to quell Sunni insurgency. More »

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      Iraq  • War on Terror  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Saddam Hussein  • sectarian violence  • Ba'ath party  • Ba'thists

    • Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      New York Times  |  Mar 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      (Newser) - Baghdad's Sunni neighborhoods are in collapse, lacking food, fuel,  electricity and health care even as their Shiite neighbors have regained basic services, Alissa Rubin reports. In Shiite areas, the Mahdi Army fills in for the government by keeping order and organizing resources, but Sunnis now find themselves under attack both from Shiite forces and Sunni insurgents. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • Islam  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence

    • Fake Raids Test Iraqi Reconstruction

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 22, 07 11:13 AM CDT

      (Newser) - The American military is staging fake raids on Iraqi small businesses to confirm that US aid is being well spent—without tipping off insurgents that they have any US connection. "The only way things will work is if the US contribution is totally invisible," says a civil-affairs officer, suggesting that cooperating with Americans puts a bull's eye on Iraqi citizens.  More »

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      Iraq  • US economy  • United States  • insurgents  • military  • aid  • economics  • small businesses  • raids  • civil affairs  • Iraq economy

    • Iraqi Bombers Use Kids to Get Through Checkpoint

      New York Times  |  Mar 21, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Iraqi Bombers Use Kids to Get Through Checkpoint

      (Newser) - Insurgents in Baghdad used two children in the backseat of a car to lower suspicion at an American security checkpoint, then blew up the car, with the children in it.  Once they cleared the checkpoint, the bombers parked near a school, ran from the car, and detonated the bomb, killing the children and three other civilians, and wounding seven. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • War on Terror  • insurgents  • military  • Shiite  • car bomb

    • Chalabi Rides Surge Back Into Office

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST

      Chalabi Rides Surge Back Into Office

      (Newser) - Ahmed Chalabi, the former U.S. darling and deputy prime minister spurned by Iraqi voters in the 2005 elections, is back in office. He won a post created as a buffer between residents and the troops pouring into Baghdad for the new security push. Chalabi's new role involves organizing reimbursement for citizens whose property is damaged by counterinsurgency raids. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • politics

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