Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims Baghdad Suicide Attack, Bombings
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for the suicide attack and series of bombings that took place in Baghdad last week and killed scores of Iraqis. The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda's...
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3 Egyptians Killed in Recent Predator Strike in North Waziristan
Friday's Predator airstrike in North Waziristan killed three Egyptians closely linked to the Haqqani Network. The son of the "Blind Sheikh," the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group who is s...
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Iran’s Qods Force Commander Involved in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador
The commanding general of Iran's Qods Force, the special operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has been accused by the US government of being involved in the recently...
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Mastermind of Deadly Raid on American Soldiers Coordinated Plot Against Saudi Ambassador
The US Treasury Department has designated five individuals involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Ara...
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More on Iran’s Brazen Terrorist Plots
Yesterday, I noted that the criminal complaint filed in the case of an Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi A...
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Iran’s Proxy War Continues
June was the deadliest month in Iraq for U.S. forces in more than two years, with 15 servicemen killed. Jay Solomon of the Wall Street Journal explains why: “The U.S. has attribute...
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A Year@War
Successes and setbacks.
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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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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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Assessing the War
Round Two
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Welcome back, Sadr
Muqtada al Sadr, the Iranian-backed, pseudo-cleric derisively known as Mullah Atari and hailed in US media circles as "the most powerful man in Iraq," has returned from his self-imposed three-yea...
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WikiLeaks And The Myth of A “Lebanonized” Hezbollah
The classified military documents obtained by WikiLeaks, which disclose Hezbollah’s role in Iraq under the direct command of the Iranian regime, may not be particularly surprising or even g...
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Iran’s Global Terrorist Reach
The United States became painfully aware of the threat posed by global jihadism after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Until that day, Iranian-backed terrorist networks, such as Hezbolla...
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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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Current State of Afghan War Mirrors Iraq Circa 2005-2006
This morning I had the opportunity to listen in on a panel called "Will Pakistan be Democratic in 2020?" that was hosted by The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (full disclosure, I am a...
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Al Qaeda appoints new ‘war minister’ for Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq appointed a new 'war minister' for its Islamic State after the group's top two leaders were killed by Iraqi and US forces one month ago. Al Qaeda in Iraq...
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Iran Took A Hit In Iraq, But Will Obama Profit?
The emerging picture from last week’s parliamentary elections in Iraq points to the return of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office. Preliminary results also suggest that Iran’s al...
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“Lebanonization” and “Global Reach”
Quick, someone call Augustus Richard Norton to urge him to contest the following reports. For Norton has assured us over the years that Hezbollah has been "Lebanonized" and did not have "global r...
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Coalition forces target Hezbollah Brigades in Baghdad
Coalition special operations teams captured three Hezbollah Brigades operatives during raids inside Baghdad. The captures are the latest in an effort to dismantle the Iranian-backed terror group...
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Senior Special Groups leader captured at Baghdad airport
Click the image to view the most wanted Mahdi Army leaders in Baghdad. The US military detained a senior Special Groups leader as he flew into Baghdad International Airport this...