Al Qaeda in Iraq

Crocker Continues To Conflate Sunni Resistance With al Qaeda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.24.2008 | 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 03.15.2008 | 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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Where Will Iraq Be In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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While everyone else is having fun determining who "won" or "lost" the Democratic debate last night, I would like to revisit an important topic: Iraq. ...

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McCain Mocks Obama's Iraq Comments

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 02.27.2008 | 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 02.06.2008 | 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 02.05.2008 | 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 02.05.2008 | 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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