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Al Qaeda in Iraq

Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Kabul, Iraq Surge, Washington, Tom Ricks, Pakistan, War, Philosopy, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq, Surge, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Embedded Journalists, Journalism, Iraq War, Baghdad, Taliban, Ethics, Insurgency, Policy, Foreign Correspondents, Counterinsurgency, Media News

Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Iraqi lawmakers seek review of security forces

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda in Iraq, Truck Bomb, U.S. Military, Southern Baghdad, Iraq Troop Withdrawl, Iraq Violence, Iraq Truck Bombing, Baghdad, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi officials and lawmakers recommended a review of security leadership, better coordination on intelligence and firmer treat...

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Iraqi Al Qaeda Group Leader Still In Custody: Iraqi FM

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi Captured, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's defense minister on Wednesday insisted that the head of an al-Qaida front group was indeed in custody, refuting a potentially e...

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Iraq Violence: List Of Major Attacks Since January 1

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect: _ May 6 _ Parked car bomb explodes at a produce market in south ...

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Iraqi Child Suicide Bombers In Training Arrested: Iraqi Forces

UPI | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Iraqi forces arrested four children, all under 14, who are allegedly linked to al-Qaida and training to become suicide bombers, an Iraqi general said....

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Jason Linkins

Condi Rice Gives Bush Credit For All Manner Of Dubious Accomplishments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Bush Legacy Project, Iraq War, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Bush Legacy, War in Iraq, George Bush Legacy, Al Qaeda, Politics News

As we saw on this past Sunday's iteration of Meet The Press, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has emerged as the foremost message force multiplier ...

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The U.S. Attack on Syria: Implications for the Next Administration

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iraq, President-Elect Obama, Bush Administration, Middle East, Foreign Policy, Obama War in Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Obama Syria, Obama Administration, Nicholas Sarkozy, Salafi Sunni, War in Iraq, Obama Foreign Policy, Iraqi Borders, Jalal Talabani, Guerrila Infilitration Iraq, U.S. Military, Counter-Terrorism, Abu Ghadiya, Aqi, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Mullahs, Baathists, Bush Foreign Policy, General Petraeus, World News
Stephen Zunes

Obama's refusal to criticize the U.S. attack on Syria raises the prospect that rather than pursue the diplomatic route, he will instead "pick up where the Bush Administration has now ended."

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Remember Haditha, Murtha and Marines?

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Iraq Surge, Marines, Bailout, Anbar Province, Economy, Haditha, Iraq, Limbaugh, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Murtha Iraq War, Murtha Haditha, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The right wing spin doctors raise money off the very name Murtha but what really came out of the Haditha investigations? Not what you think.

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Jason Linkins

Crocker Continues To Conflate Sunni Resistance With al Qaeda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Hearings, Iraq Surge, Petraeus Testimony, Petraeus Crocker Testimony, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Success of the Surge, General David Petraeus, David Petraeus, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Ryan Crocker, Robert Andrews, Petraeus Hearings, Petraeus Hearing, General Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker, Politics News

One of the problems at the root of the so-called "surge" is that it was sold as a means to bring about a broad reconciliation between warring factions...

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Jason Linkins

'Al Qaeda In Iraq': Part Myth, Part Manipulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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The triumph of Al Qaeda in Iraq has less to do with their achievements in the field of terrorism, and more to do with the tautology that the administration has erected to pin the tail of our misfortune on a convenient, scary sounding donkey.

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Al Qaeda In Iraq Far Stronger Than Bush Administration Admitting

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida is in Iraq to stay. It's not a conclusion the White House talks about much when denouncing the shadowy group, known as al-...

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McCain Mocks Obama's Iraq Comments

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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AP reports: Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday for saying he would take action as president "if a...

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US: Seized Videotapes Show Al Qaeda In Iraq Training Young Boys

CBS News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al Qaeda in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys to kidnap and assassinate civili...

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US Intel: al-Qaida May Move Outside Iraq

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida, increasingly tamped down in Iraq, is establishing cells in other countries as Osama bin Laden's organization uses Pakista...

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US Intelligence Chief: Al Qaeda Improving Capability To Attack

International Herald Tribune | Brian Knowlton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The top American intelligence official said on Tuesday that Al Qaeda is improving its ability to attack within the United States by recruiting and tra...

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