The Press Botches Basra
Less than 48 hours after Iraqi security forces began their campaign against militant Shia factions in Basra, the media had already declared the operations a failure. The operations, which were in...
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Iranian-backed Shia terror group remains a threat in Iraq: General Odierno
Logo for the Hezbollah Brigades from a propaganda video released on the Internet. An Iranian-backed Shia terror group continues to remain a threat to US forces in Iraq, the top...
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New Special Groups splinter emerges on Iraqi scene
In the wake of Muqtada al Sadr's defeat at the hands of the Iraqi and Coalition forces this spring and fall, Iran has increased its backing of splinter Shia terror groups operating in Iraq....
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Iran continues to train Shia terror groups for attacks in Iraq
A US military map of Iran's operations inside southern Iraq. The map is from 2007, and formed the basis of The Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq. Click to view full size. Iran...
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Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement opens in Basrah
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Iraq, US target Iranian networks
Iraqi and US forces are maintaining the pressure against the Mahdi Army in central and southern Iraq. Over the past 24 hours, the US military announced the capture of three senior Special Groups...
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Iraqi military prepares for offensives in Diyala, Babil
Map of Iraq. Click to view. Iraqi security forces are massing more than 30,000 soldiers and police for an upcoming operation against al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army in the eastern...
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Iraqi, US forces keep pressure on the Mahdi Army
Iraqi and US troops continue to press the offensive against the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army during a series of raids throughout Iraq. Since July 18, US and Iraqi forces have killed six Mahdi Army f...
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Suicide bomber killed dozens of Iraqi Army recruits as a new Diyala offensive looms
Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted a successful dual suicide attack on an Army recruiting center in Baqubah as the Iraqi military is preparing to launch a new offensive in Diyala province. Two s...
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Iraqi forces pursue Mahdi Army in Baghdad
Clashes broke out in the Sadr City district in northeastern Baghdad after Iraqi forces detained a senior Sadrist leader, an Iraqi news outlet reported. Iraqi soldiers and police...
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Iraqi forces detain Sadrist leaders, uncover Special Groups headquarter in Amarah
Iraqi forces detained four senior Sadrists members of the Maysan provincial council on Wednesday in the latest series of aids targeting senior Sadrist leaders in the former Mahdi Army bas...
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Iraqi Security Forces Five Year Plan: An updated projection
In August 2007, the Projected Iraqi Security Forces Five Year Plan (end-2012), a rough estimate of the end-state for Iraqi forces, was published. Additional information and details have sin...
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Mahdi Army decimated during recent fighting
The Mahdi Army suffered a significant blow during fighting against Iraqi and Coalition forces this year, according to an Iraq intelligence report. The heavy casualties suffered by the Mahdi...
Op-eds
June 25 Bombings in Karbala
On Wednesday, June 25, two bombs exploded in central Karbala, killing at least 2 and wounding 14.1 The explosive devices were located minibuses and were targeting major Shi’ite shrines. Unl...
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Operations target Mahdi Army in South
Iraqi security forces continue to target the Sadrist movement and the Mahdi Army in the southern provinces of Maysan, Dhi Qhar, and Wasit over the weekend. More than 113 Mahdi Army fighters...
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One hundred insurgents detained in Baghdad during past week
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi and Coalition forces in and around Baghdad captured more than 100 insurgents and defused 147 improved explosive devices during the past week as part of contin...
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Three senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Baghdad, Hillah
Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a senior Mahdi Army commander with "close ties" to Muqtada al Sadr's office in Najaf on June 19. Two other senior Mahdi Army commanders in Baghdad an...
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Maysan operation continues to target Sadrist leaders
The Iraqi security forces have detained five senior Sadrist leaders and a department director in Maysan province during Operation Promise of Peace. The Mahdi Army, the armed wing of the Sad...
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Iraqi security forces detain senior Sadrist during Maysan operation
The Iraqi security forces today formally kicked off the operations against the Mahdi Army in the southern province of Maysan. On the day the government's amnesty offer expired, the Ira...