Al Qaeda Iraq

Officials: Al Qaeda Incapable Of New 9/11-Scale Attack

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

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By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's core organization is likely incapable of carrying out another mass-casu...

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Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Deadly Blasts

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.21.2012

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BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for a wave of attacks that killed 46 people across the country this we...

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U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda Behind Syria Bombings

McClatchy | Posted 02.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi branch of al Qaida, seeking to exploit the bloody turmoil in Syria to reassert its potency, carried out two recent bombings in...

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The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda: Debunking the Terrorism Narrative

Fawaz Gerges | Posted 03.04.2012

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Shrouded in myth and inflated by a self-sustaining industry of so-called terrorism "experts" and a well-funded national security industrial complex, the power of Al-Qaeda can only be eradicated when the fantasies around the group are laid to rest.

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Al Qaeda Vows To Exact Revenge For bin Laden's Death

AP | By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 10.20.2011

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BAGHDAD -- Al-Qaida in Iraq has vowed to carry out "100 attacks" across the country, starting in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to ex...

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Unverified Audio Message By Al Qaeda In Iraq Asks Ex-Members To Come Back

AP | By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 10.08.2011

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CAIRO -- A new message posted online purportedly from al-Qaida in Iraq asks Sunni fighters who switched sides and joined forces with the U.S. and Iraq...

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Iraq's Crooked Politicians: Talking With Sheik Ali Hatem, Leader of the Sunni Awakening Councils

Federico Manfredi | Posted 05.25.2011

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AH: Like the terrorists, our politicians are only interested in power. None of them care about the well-being of the Iraqi people. This is just a show to keep the Americans thinking that all is well in Iraq.

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Two Top Al Qaeda Figures In Iraq Killed

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. and Iraq claimed a major victory against al-Qaida on Monday, saying their forces killed the terror group's two top figures in...

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Mike Mullen: Al Qaeda In Iraq 'Devastated'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — A string of setbacks for al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq has left the insurgent group "devastated" and struggling to ...

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Al Qaeda Blamed For Baghdad Apartment Bombings, At Least 34 Dead In Iraq

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Bombs ripped through apartment buildings and a market in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 50 people in postelection ...

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Car Bomb Kills 7 In Iraqi Capital

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Friday at a market south of Baghdad in a region that was once the scene of frequent attacks on Shiites, killing se...

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KSM Questioned About al Qaeda-Iraq Ties During Waterboarding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some of the first questions asked of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed upon his capture and during the time during which he was waterboarded were about possible ...

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Even For Cheney, The Al Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coercive and illegal techniques were used widely at Gitmo in an attempt to secure information linking al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.

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Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of th...

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