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  • July 2008

    • Iraqis Losing Love for al-Qaeda

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jul 6, 08 6:56 PM CDT

      Iraqis Losing Love for al-Qaeda

      Outsmarted and overwhelmed by allied forces in Iraq, al-Qaeda is getting desperate, Marie Colvin writes for the London Times. The insurgents, masters of organized resistance, are now resorting to small-scale hit-and-run attacks amidst waning support from Iraqis. “Al-Qaeda in Mosul is pretty much not able to do the attacks that they could do previously,” said an Iraqi commander. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • insurgents  • troop surge  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • David Patraeus

  • May 2008

    • Baghdad Collars 1,000 in al-Qaeda Offensive

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 17, 08 3:34 PM CDT

      Baghdad Collars 1,000 in al-Qaeda Offensive

      Iraqi forces have detained over 1,000 suspected militants in a massive push to drive al-Qaeda out of northern Iraq, Reuters reports. The crackdown centers on Mosul, al-Qaeda’s last major urban foothold. “This operation will last until we finish off all the terrorist remnants and outlaws,” said the Iraqi general leading the charge. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Mosul  • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia

    • Shiite Militants Agree to Sadr City Cease-Fire

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 10, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Shiite Militants Agree to Sadr City Cease-Fire

      Shiite militants have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad’s Sadr City, said an aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia is concentrated there, the AP reports. Sadrists “will stop fighting in Sadr City and will stop displaying arms in public,” the aide said. “In return, the government will stop random raids against al-Sadr followers and open all closed roads that lead to Sadr City.” More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Sadr City  • Mosul  • Shiite militants

    • Iraqi Army Nabs Key Militant Leader

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 8, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Iraqi Army Nabs Key Militant Leader

      The Iraqi army has arrested the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the AP reports today. Defense officials said they took Abu Ayyub al-Masri into custody in Mosul. He has led the group—which last month called for stepped-up attacks against US forces—since 2006. Masri helped set up the first al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003. More »

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      Iraq  • terrorism  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • Iraq Army

    • Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT

      Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Guantanamo Bay  • Mosul  • enemy combatants  • Hoshyar Zebari  • detainees  • suicide bombers

  • April 2008

    • Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

      Iraqi police and soldiers have freed at least 40 students kidnapped by suspected members of Sunni Islamist al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. The young men had been seized by gunmen near Mosul in northern Iraq who set up a fake checkpoint and stopped two busloads of students returning to classes from a weekend break.  One bus managed to escape but students were wounded by gunfire. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • kidnapping  • Mosul  • Iraq Army  • Iraq police

  • March 2008

    • Easter Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 57

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 23, 08 6:49 PM CDT

      Easter Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 57

      Despite a yearlong decline in violence in Iraq, a series of attacks on Easter Sunday killed at least 57, reports the AP. In the most severe, a suicide car bomber killed at least 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 42 people at a military base in Mosul, an al-Qaeda holdout. A second suicide car bombing killed 7 and wounded 14 in Baghdad, while a series of explosions rattled the Green Zone. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Shiite  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Green Zone  • Shiite militia  • Mosul  • US embassy in Baghdad  • Shiite cleric

    • Kidnapped Priest Found Dead in Iraq

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 13, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Kidnapped Priest Found Dead in Iraq

      The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was abducted last month has been found in a shallow grave in northern Iraq, the BBC reports. His kidnappers contacted church officials yesterday to tell them Paulos Faraj Rahho, archbishop of Mosul, had become very sick. They reported his death later that day, and gave directions to his burial site. More »

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      Iraq  • kidnapping  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Mosul  • archbishop  • Paulos Faraj Rahho

    • Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Killed in US Missile Attack

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 3, 08 4:53 AM CST

      Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Killed in US Missile Attack

      A top al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, said to be responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, was killed last week when his car was struck by a missile fired by a US helicopter, officials revealed yesterday. Abu Yasir al-Saudi, from Saudi Arabia, was in charge of  operations in southeast Mosul. His death brought to 142 the number of al-Qaeda in  Iraq members killed or captured in Mosul in the last two months. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • helicopter

  • January 2008

    • Huge Blast Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 23, 08 3:50 PM CST

      Huge Blast Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq

      A blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul claimed at least 15 lives and left 132 wounded today, Reuters reports. The explosion came after Iraqi troops detonated a roadside bomb near a building used as a munitions dump by militants, a US general said. At least 15 tons of explosives are estimated to have been stored in the building. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • Sunni militants

  • November 2007

    • 13 Dead in Baghdad Pet Market Blast

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 23, 07 9:49 AM CST

      13 Dead in Baghdad Pet Market Blast

      Thirteen people were killed and 57 wounded when a bomb hidden in a box of birds exploded today at a pet market in Baghdad. Four policeman were among the dead, reports Reuters. The bombing was the deadliest in Iraq since car bombs killed 32 people in the capital on September 26. Still, the US military says attacks are down 55% since the surge started in June. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • bombing  • bomb  • Mosul

  • October 2007

    • Huge Iraqi Dam Could Fail

      newser  |  BBC  |  Oct 30, 07 5:51 PM CDT

      Huge Iraqi Dam Could Fail

      Iraq’s biggest dam is vulnerable to breaking and flooding the city of Mosul, killing up to 500,000 and flooding the Tigris River, the BBC reports. A US report today warns that an ongoing $27 million reconstruction project has not fixed the dam's flaws. Poor construction, incorrect parts, and possible fraud have marred repairs, the report said. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Mosul

  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • May 2007

    • Kurds Forced From Homes in Mosul

      newser  |  International Herald Tribune  |  May 30, 07 5:16 AM CDT

      Kurds Forced From Homes in Mosul

      Over 1,000 Kurds have been killed in Mosul recently, victims of a Sunni Arab insurgent drive to force them out of the Ninevah province and into Iraqi Kurdistan. And the attacks are working, reports the International Herald Tribune ; as many as 70,000 Kurds have abandoned Iraq's third-largest city. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • Kurds  • Mosul  • Sunni militants

  • April 2007

    • Gunmen Execute 23 In Kurdish Sect

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 22, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      Gunmen Execute 23 In Kurdish Sect

      Gunmen in northern Iraq stopped a bus carrying workers home from a textile factory  today, identified 23 members of a tiny religious sect on board, and shot them to death. The bus was filled with Christians and Yazidis, a mostly Kurdish sect that worships an angel, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • religion  • Islam  • car bomb  • execution  • Mosul  • Yazidi  • stoning

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