al qaida in iraq

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims Baghdad bombings (AP)

September 24th, 2010

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, file photo, Iraqis inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood. Two car bombs exploded during the morning rush hour killing and wounding scores of people, police said. Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two bombings last week in Baghdad that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it termed an 'evil' mobile phone provider. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement Friday that it targeted the National Security Ministry and an Asia Cell store because they are an inseparable part of the Shiite-led government's crackdown on insurgents. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two Baghdad bombings last week that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it…

Al-Qaida in Iraq confirms deaths of top 2 figures (AP)

April 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter flies over the site of a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid that reportedly killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al-Qaida figures, about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit. An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has declared in a statement posted on the Internet that its two top figures have been killed. The statement Sunday April 25, 2010, provided the first confirmation from the terror network of the Iraqi and U.S. governments' claim April 19 that the two men were killed in a joint operation while hiding at a safehouse near the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed in a statement that its members were not cowed by their…

High-ranking al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed (AP)

April 20th, 2010

FILE - In this June 15 2006 file photo, a U.S. soldier at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq stands by a photograph that purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S. Nouri al-Maliki said Monday, April 19, 2010 that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Iraqi and U.S. troops killed a regional leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in an early morning raid Tuesday, as security forces continue to put pressure on the terrorist…

US: Deaths of 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leaders big blow (AP)

April 19th, 2010

FILE - This file photo released by the U.S. military on June 15, 2006 purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S. Nouri al-Maliki said Monday, April 19, 2010 that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding. (AP Photo/U.S. Military, File)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the two top al-Qaida figures in the country in a nighttime rocket attack on a safe house near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit,…

Iraqis in military uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area (AP)

April 3rd, 2010

Mourner grieve as they ride with coffins of relatives killed in a village outside Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Gunmen in Iraqi military uniforms raided a village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution style attack, apparently targeting a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida and helped turn the tide of the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Gunmen trying to pass themselves off as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided a Sunni village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution-style attack, apparently…

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