Al-Qaeda’s Offensive Against Iraq’s Sahwa
Co-authored by Bridget Moreng Though it was largely considered a spent force at the time the U.S. withdrew from Iraq, al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) rebound is by now unden...
Baqubah
Zarqawi’s Nephew Killed in Yemen Drone Strike
A Jordanian member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was the nephew of former al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed in a drone strike earlier this year, according to a ma...
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Desperados
Al Qaeda is Having a Bad Reaction in Diyala Province.
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Operation Phantom Strike
How the U.S. military is demolishing al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Al-Qaeda’s Hope
As the sixth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 approaches, we should be grateful: al-Qaeda has not successfully attacked Americans a second time on American soil. We also should be distre...
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About-Face
Critics warm to the surge.
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Not the News
The elite media's coverage of Iraq is a fiasco
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Symposium: Shattered Dreams of Al Qaeda
FP: Bill Roggio, Andy McCarthy and Steve Schippert, welcome to this special edition of Frontpage Symposium. Bill Roggio, give us the background to how these documents we...
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US and Iraqi forces kill Al Masri and Baghdadi, al Qaeda in Iraq’s top two leaders
Iraq's Prime Minister and the US military confirmed that al Qaeda in Iraq's top two leaders have been killed during a raid in a remote region in the western province of Anbar....
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Diyala governor survives potential coup d’etat suicide bomber
Diyala Governor Ra' ad Rashid al Tamini. Photo by Bill Murray. BAQUBAH, IRAQ: Governor Ra' ad Rashid al Tamini didn' t seem in an overly jovial mood on Wednesday,...
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Eight VFF Combat Veterans Return to Iraq to Conduct Extensive Policy Assessment
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Operation Omens of Prosperity begins in Diyala
Map of Diyala province [PDF]. Click to view. The long awaited offensive to secure Diyala province has begun. Iraqi Army and police forces, backed by the US Army, officially started...
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Female suicide bombers kill 70 Iraqis in Kirkuk, Baghdad
Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted two successful strikes in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk. At least seventy Iraqi civilians were killed and more than 300 wounded in four suicide attacks,...
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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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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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Light at the End of the Tunnel
If what goes up must come down, every surge must eventually recede. According to recent reports, the current one in Iraq may give way to large-scale withdrawals of U.S. forces as early as spring...
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No Better Friend?
AS THE DEBATE HEATS UP about whether the United States should set a deadline for withdrawal from Iraq, little attention has focused on the effect such a move would have on America's allies i...
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Winning, One Student at a Time
Authored by: Joseph Morrison Skelly, 2003 FDD Academic Fellow. Dr. Talib Al-Zaidi was an Iraqi patriot. That is precisely why terrorists in Baquba murdered him. But with the ass...
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We Will Never Forget This Day – Election Day in Iraq
By: Joseph Morrison Skelly, 2003 FDD Academic Fellow. A few weeks ago the election season opened with a bang in Baquba, a city of 280,000 people located on the eastern edge of t...