Special Groups

June 27, 2024 | Bill Roggio, Janatan Sayeh

Iran-backed Iraqi militia threatens to strike US interests should Israel attack Lebanon

The leader of one of Iraq’s most influential and powerful Iran-backed militias threatened US interests in the Middle East in response to a potential large-scale Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah...

May 4, 2023 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. State Department officials speak at same conference as dangerous Iran-backed Iraqi terrorist

Senior U.S. State Department officials spoke at the same conference as Qais al Khazali, a known Shia terrorist who is responsible for arming, training and forming the deadly Iranian-backed militias that...

March 5, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. adds Iranian-backed Shia militia and its leader to list of global terrorists

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September 7, 2018 | Bill Roggio

Iraqi Militant Qayis Khazali Warned Us About Iran. We Ignored Him.

Iran has its tentacles all over Iraq, and the United States has no one to blame but itself. It is a bipartisan failure dating back to the March 2003 invasion. Even after the Bush administration a...

November 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Iraq Frees Hezbollah Commander Who Helped Mold Shia Terror Groups

Iraq has freed Musa Ali Daduq, the senior Hezbollah commander who was tasked by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to mold Shia terror groups into a Hezbollah-lik...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

Cognitive Dissonance

Did the State Department hear what General Petraeus said about Iran?

June 13, 2011 | Weekly Standard

Assessing the War

Round Two

October 28, 2010 | |

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...

July 13, 2010 | Brian Wise The Long War Journal |

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...

February 18, 2010 | Clifford D. May |

Who’s Losing Iraq?

Robert Dreyfus, a journalist of the left with whom I seldom agree, writes for The Nation, a publication of the far left that usually makes my eyes roll. But in...

August 30, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

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...

August 27, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

August 20, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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....

August 15, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

August 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Coalition forces capture 9 Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Baghdad

Coalition forces, likely the special operations hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, have captured nine Hezbollah Brigades operatives during three raids in the Adhamiyah district in Baghdad over...

August 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Coalition forces capture Hezbollah Brigades nine operatives in Baghdad

Hezbollah Brigades' logo is nearly identical to that of Lebanese Hezbollah. Coalition forces, likely the special operations hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, have captured...

July 31, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Coalition forces capture Hezbollah Brigades operative in Baghdad

Hezbollah Brigades' logo is nearly identical to that of Lebanese Hezbollah. Coalition special operations forces captured two members of the Iranian-supported Hezbollah Brigades...

July 26, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

July 21, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Hezbollah Brigades propaganda specialist captured in Baghdad

Hezbollah Brigades' logo is nearly identical to that of Lebanese Hezbollah. Coalition special forces teams, likely the terrorist hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, have...

July 21, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...