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ANALYSIS

Bookish Past Might Not Help Rebel Leader

Colombia's new reality will put dogmatic FARC head Cano to test

Jun 9, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Alfonso Cano, the new commander of Colombia’s FARC rebels, is a bookish intellectual, don’t expect a new push towards government negotiations, sources tell the Washington Post. Cano, who turned to Marx in college after a middle-class upbringing, would be uniquely suited to push peaceful political action—... More »

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insurgents • Marxism • Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Manuel Marulanda • Colombian rebels • Alfonso Cano

ANALYSIS

Hit-and-Run Tactics Keeping Taliban Afloat

'Asymmetrical' warfare has casualties down, hopes of prevailing up

May 2, 08 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban might hope Sunday's brazen attack on Afghan president Hamid Karzai signaled a new age of potency for the rebels. But although deaths from Taliban violence are on the rise, the Economist argues, the organization has not grown substantially—it has shifted its strategy away from conventional firefights to... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • insurgents • Hamid Karzai • suicide bombing • bombing

Libyan Town Exports Grim Crop: Suicide Bombers

Reporter travels to Darnah to uncover insurgents' motives

Apr 21, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - American intelligence has long known that the bulk of foreign combatants waging jihad in Iraq are Saudi nationals, but Libya is a close second, with much higher per capita representation. Documents found in Sinjar, Iraq, showed 112 fighters in a group of 606 were Libyan, and 52 came from Darnah,... More »

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terrorism • insurgents • jihad • suicide bomber • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • al-Jazeera • Darnah, Libya

 US Builds Giant Wall in Sadr City 

Partition aims to keep insurgents from neighborhood

Apr 18, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - American forces have begun construction of an enormous concrete wall that will partition Sadr City, one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhood. The structure is intended to make the southern section of Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold that borders the Green Zone, into a protected enclave, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Sadr City • Baghdad • US military • wall • Muqtada al-Sadr

(Newser) - Recent battles in Basra prove that Iran is crippling Iraqi stability while al-Qaeda's influence there wanes, US officials say. David Petraeus pointed to Iran's influence in testimony this week, and now Shiite militias are said to have benefited from Iranian weapons, training, and guidance in Basra fighting—prompting a Washington... More »

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Iraq • Iran • insurgents • Baghdad • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • Basra • Arabs • al-Qaeda in Iraq

US-Backed Militias Curb
Iraqi Women's Rights

'Sahwa' stabilize areas but rule with medieval customs

Apr 6, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women's rights in Iraq are devolving under the rule of US-backed militias, Newsweek reports. These Sahwa or "Awakening" groups have stabilized regions, but rule with medieval laws and customs: In some areas, women are commonly kept at home, forced to wear headscarves, or are married into polygamous relationships, Newsweek... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • women's rights • burka • Awakening Councils • Sahwa

US Parts End Up
in Insurgents' Bombs in Iraq

US technology exports to UAE getting diverted to Iraq via Iran

Apr 2, 08 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A year ago American technology started turning up in roadside bombs used to attack US troops in Iraq, the New York Times reports, and the rogue computer circuits were tracked to the United Arab Emirates. There investigators found the UAE's controls so lax that sensitive technology imported from the US... More »

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Iran • insurgents • roadside bomb • United Arab Emirates • US exports • Iraq war

Army Finds Remains of Soldier Captured in 2004

Ominous video showed Matt Maupin surrounded by masked men

Mar 31, 08 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The remains of an Ohio soldier who was captured in Iraq four years ago have been found, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. DNA tests identified the remains as Matt Maupin, 20, an Army general told the young soldier's parents. Maupin had been listed as missing in Iraq since his fuel convoy... More »

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War on Terror • insurgents • missing soldiers • US military • al-Jazeera • Iraq war • Matt Maupin

10 Killed as Somalia Forces Battle Insurgents

Government fires on market as Somalia teeters on collapse

Mar 30, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 10 people were killed and 35 seriously injured in Somalia’s capital yesterday as insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace, where Somalia’s president and Ethiopia’s foreign minister were meeting. The government responded by firing artillery shells and mortar in the direction of the attack, a... More »

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Somalia • insurgents • Ethiopia • civil affairs • attack • Islamist • Abdullahi Yusuf

A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

US commanders continue 18th-century custom

Mar 8, 08 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - American warfare has changed over hundreds of years, but one tradition that remains is a commander’s condolence letter to the family of a fallen soldier. The Wall Street Journal spends time with a lieutenant colonel in Iraq who writes his letters by hand whenever one of his men dies.... More »

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Afghanistan • insurgents • US military • roadside bomb • US Army • soldiers' families • 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment

Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising
in Turkey

Insurgency urged as Iraq battle continues

Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "... More »

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Turkey • insurgents • Kurdistan • PKK • terrorist • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish rebels • Northern Iraq • Turkish military

Gates Backs Pause in Iraq Troop Pullout

Defense secretary sees need to stabilize gains after 'al-Qaeda routed'

Feb 11, 08 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates today backed a "pause" in pulling out US forces from Iraq once the 30,000  troops added for the surge are sent home in July. “The notion of a brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,” Gates told reporters during... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • drawdown • al-Qaeda • Iraq exit strategy

Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills
at Least 33

Blast occurs as US defense secretary surveys troop surge

Feb 10, 08 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and injured 45 in Iraq today just hours before US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a surprise visit to Baghdad, the BBC reports. The car blast, sparked by six barrels of explosives, toppled buildings, and officials say more bodies may be dug... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • troop surge • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • suicide bomber • Sunnis • al-Qaeda

Diary of a Bitter al-Qaeda Leader

Insurgent slams Sunnis who've deserted group to join American forces

Feb 10, 08 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda’s once indomitable force in Iraq is suffering from diminished ranks and low resources: That’s the word not from US generals but from one of the insurgent group’s leaders. In a bitter 16-page diary, Abu Tariq blasts former members who deserted al-Qaeda to join American forces. “... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • US military • Sunnis • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda • Abu Tariq • emir

Bin Laden Is 'Planning' in Pakistan, Says US Official

Taliban head Omar also in the country

Feb 9, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Mullah Omar and his Taliban compatriots are running their insurgency from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while Osama bin Laden is operating in tribal areas of the country, says a US official. Bin Laden and right-hand man Ayman Al-Zawahiri  are “planning” near the Afghanistan border, says the source, in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • insurgents • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • Mullah Omar

Afghan Gunmen Kidnap Female US Aid Worker

Woman, 49, was wearing burqa when stopped near Kandahar

Jan 26, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - An American woman has been kidnapped in Afghanistan along with her driver, the AP reports. The woman, 49, worked for an aid organization and was wearing a burqa when she was stopped near the southern city of Kandahar. Police are searching for the kidnappers, whom a local governor called “... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • kidnapping • Americans • Kandahar • aid workers

US Sees Huge Gains
in Baghdad Security

City sees dramatic improvement in security from a year ago

Jan 18, 08 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - US and Iraqi forces have secured 75% of Baghdad's neighborhoods, a sharp increase from pre-surge days, USA Today reports. The combined forces "basically own the streets," said a US colonel. Military figures say that 356 of 474 of the city's neighborhoods have returned to some semblance of... More »

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Iraq • military • insurgents • Baghdad • troop surge • essential services

Iraqi Soldier
Kills Two
US Troops

He turned on them during joint patrol;
3 others wounded

Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • London • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • Baquba • roadside bomb • US troops • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda In
Iraq Down 75%, Baghdad Says

But Petraeus calls
the group country's
'biggest threat'

Dec 29, 07 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is down 75%, one Baghdad official said today—but US Gen. David Petraeus maintained that al-Qaeda is still “the most significant challenge" facing the country. Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf attributed the alleged al-Qaeda cut to beefed Iraq security, armed Sunni fighters, and the recent US... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • David Petraeus • US troops • Sunnis • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq Civil War • al-Qaeda

Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

Pending law would allow release thousands of detainees

Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • amnesty • Shia • Sunnis • surge • detainee

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