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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

al-Qaeda in Iraq

Army commanders tour the operations sectors of the Iraqi army Seventh Brigade, at the start of the eighth phase of the operation, in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
October 11, 2021, 1:10 pm
Iraqi forces arrest Islamic State moneyman, al-Baghdadi’s deputy
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi praises ‘one of the most difficult’ cross-border intelligence operations ever conducted by his country
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Cpl. Edward Chin of the US 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003. (Jerome Delay/AP)
September 12, 2021, 10:27 pm
A legacy of death and suffering: 9/11 attacks brought havoc to bystander Iraq
US invasion aimed at confronting ‘axis of evil’ led to years of unrest, violence, and civil strife, rather than bringing the stability originally envisioned
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam
In this Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, file photo, 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna, left, and his defense attorney Capt. Tom Clark, right, walk in Camp Speicher, a large US base near Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq (AP Photo/Vanessa Gera, File)
May 7, 2019, 9:13 am
Trump pardons former US soldier who killed Iraqi prisoner
Lt. Michael Behenna had been scheduled to remain on parole until 2024; questions have been raised about court’s handling of his claim of self-defense
By AP
In this Nov. 22, 1990 file photo, President George H.W. Bush is greeted by Saudi troops and others as he arrives in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for a Thanksgiving visit (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
December 1, 2018, 9:47 am
1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy
The events of Washington’s first armed conflict with Saddam Hussein have helped shape the region’s last three decades
By Hussain al-Qatari and Jon Gambrell
Iraqi Kurdish security forces escort a suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested the previous day during clashes in the southern suburbs of Kirkuk, October 22, 2016. (AFP/Marwan IBRAHIM)
December 14, 2017, 4:11 pm
Iraq hangs 38 members of Islamic State, al-Qaeda for terrorism
Executions carried out at Nasiriyah prison in the presence of Justice Minister Haidar al-Zameli
By AFP
In this file photo released by Iraq's Counterterrorism Service on June 29, 2016, an Islamic State militant convoy is seen destroyed by airstrikes near Fallujah, Iraq.(Iraq Counterterrorism Service via AP, File)
October 29, 2017, 9:58 am
Their caliphate in ruins, IS militants melt into the desert
Driven from urban centers in Iraq and Syria, jihadist group expected to launch hit-and-run attacks, expand presence elsewhere
By Bassam Mroue
Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, stand under an Islamic State (IS) banner in the recently recaptured Syrian town of Al-Karamah, as they advance to encircle the jihadists' stronghold on Raqqa, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
October 19, 2017, 12:19 am
Al-Qaeda set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates
Under pressure from US-led coalition and Russian-backed Syrian troops, fleeing battle-hardened jihadists may return to bin Laden strategy of attacking West
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassam Mroue
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's al-Nuri mosque in Iraq during his supposed first public appearance, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)
September 28, 2017, 9:04 pm
Islamic State releases audio message purportedly from top leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, thought by some to be dead, heard vowing to keep fighting, praising jihadists, lauding terror attacks in Europe and US
By Hamza Hendawi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's al-Nuri mosque in Iraq during his supposed first public appearance, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)
July 9, 2017, 9:21 pm
Baghdadi ‘The Ghost’: World jihad’s low-profile boss
Reclusive Islamic State leader announced caliphate in Grand Mosque in June 2014 and hasn’t been seen since
By Jean-Marc Mojon
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, second left in front row, receives the released Qatari hostages at the Doha airport in Doha, Qatar, April 21, 2017. (Qatar News Agency via AP)
June 6, 2017, 3:10 pm
Qatar’s billion-dollar ransom was ‘last straw’ that led to Gulf crisis – report
Vast payment by Doha to Iran and al-Qaeda for release of royal hunting party said to have pushed Saudi Arabia and allies to cut ties
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Patrick Cockburn was The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent from 1995-1999. (courtesy)
October 24, 2016, 9:37 am
Middle East’s ‘demons’ now an unstoppable force, writes veteran correspondent
In book of on-scene diaries ‘The Age of Jihad,’ Patrick Cockburn describes why the sectarian holy war in the Middle East is now an unclosable Pandora’s box
By JP O’ Malley
US soldiers prevent former Iraqi soldiers from trying to enter the American headquarters during a deadly demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
October 2, 2016, 11:36 pm
US said to have paid $500m for fake al-Qaeda-style propaganda videos
Pentagon contracted controversial British PR agency to run ‘covert’ media campaign during Iraq war, new report says
By ToI Staff
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, IS's spokesman and chief strategist, who laid out the blueprint for the extremist group's attacks against the West. (Militant Photo via AP)
September 1, 2016, 10:35 am
Slain IS figure was powerful leader with multiple roles
Adnani masterminded strategy that resulted in 1,800 deaths in attacks in Paris, Brussels, Istanbul and Orlando
By Sarah El Deeb
Image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP/Militant Website)
May 9, 2016, 11:43 pm
US: Islamic State leader killed in Iraq’s Anbar province
Abu Wahib, 3 others die in American airstrike; IS commander had been mocked last year for looking like shawarma
By Lolita C. Baldor and ToI Staff
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (AP Photo)
March 1, 2016, 8:42 pm
In will, Bin Laden says he wants fortune used ‘on jihad’
Declassified documents highlight the al-Qaeda leader’s fears of being located, suspicions wife had tracking device in her tooth
By AP and ToI Staff
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