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Sunday, December 26, 2004

Iraqi police see Syrian hand in Najaf bombing: "chief in Najaf accused the Syrian government Saturday of involvement in last weekend's deadly bombing that killed 52 people in the Iraqi Shiite pilgrimage city




[in Channel News Asia]
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In The US News: Iraq News



Ansar Al-Sunnah Army Gains Clout in Iraq: "web sites )'s regime in April 2003, Ansar al-Sunnah's first statement surfaced on the Internet, pronouncing itself "a group of jihadists, scholars, and political and military experts" dedicated to cre...




[in Yahoo]
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In The US News: Iraq News



Iraqis sell Americans' trash for treasure: "BAGHDAD, IraqSabir Hassan, a peddler who operates a stall in the Babal-Sharki market here, is among a growing number of Iraqis who have learned how to make a




[in Myrtle Beach Sun News]
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In The US News: Iraq News



Iraq militant group outshining rebels linked to al-Qaida: "BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Ansar al-Sunnah Army has emerged from its roots as a little known militant group in the north to become one of Iraq's deadliest terror networks, capable of carrying out dramatic s...




[in The Seattle Times]
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In The US News: Iraq News



Bush Makes Christmas Eve Calls to Troops in Iraq: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Friday made Christmas Eve telephone calls to U.S. troops in Iraq to thank them for their sacrifice following a deadly suicide bombing at a U.S. base. Bush c...




[in Reuters]
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In The US News: Iraq News



U.S. tries to assure Iraq posts for Sunnis: "Individuals can be elected by receiving 1/275th of the vote. Any suggestion of delaying the elections beyond the scheduled Jan. 30 date because Sunnis are reluctant to vote has been knocked down by...




[in The Seattle Times]
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In The US News: Iraq News



Father, son bring piece of Wyo to Iraq: "The dummy is appropriately named Woody and dons a bucking horse logo."Some of us guys went out and started roping and pretty soon we had a bunch of guys," Dean said. "Now we have competitions on Sunda...




[in Casper Star Tribune]
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In The US News: Iraq News



General: Bomber Not With Iraq Nat'l Guard: "The suicide bomber who killed 22 people in an attack on a U.S. army base in Mosul was not a member of the Iraqi security forces but may have been wearing their uniform, the army's chief of staff said Sunday."

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Gunmen Assassinate Iraqi Police Officer: "Masked gunmen assassinated a high-ranking Iraqi police officer on Sunday in southwestern Baghdad and wounded his bodyguards, police said."

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Marines capture 2 Terrorist Leaders: "

From Reuters via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :

US marines say they have captured two leaders of a militant group linked to Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq’s restive city of Ramadi.

They say the men, Saleh Arugayan Khalil, also known as Abu Obaida, and Bassem Mohammad Hazim, also known as Abu Khattab, were captured on December 8 and December 12.

The pair were picked up during sweeps of the mainly Sunni Muslim province west of the capital.

“These individuals were cell leaders for a local Zarqawi-affiliated terrorist group that is operating in Ramadi and western Anbar province,” the marines said in a statement.

“This group is responsible for intimidating, attacking and murdering innocent Iraqi civilians, police, security forces and business and political leaders throughout the Anbar province.”
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The marines say the men detained in Ramadi led a group that had kidnapped and killed 11 Iraqi National Guards in recent months as well as planting bombs and smuggling foreign militants into Iraq to fight US-led forces.

Information from local residents had helped the marines capture several members of the group, which the statement named as the hitherto unknown “Harun terrorist network”.

“Many foreign fighters were also detained,” it said.

“The detainees have provided information regarding the involvement of other individuals who are actively recruiting and smuggling foreign terrorists.”

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In Command Post: Irak



Slayings across Iraq: "

Including at least one “own goal”. From the AFP via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :

…five Iraqis have been killed and another five wounded when a makeshift bomb exploded on a road frequented by US convoys in the volatile bastion of Samarra.

The Death toll described in a previous post has now been revised to 3.

A doctor at a clinic in Khan al-Nus, north of Najaf, says three Iraqis died and two have been wounded when a car bomb exploded in the path of a US military convoy, which escaped unscathed.

In a clutch of targeted assassinations, an Iraqi working as an interpreter for the US military and his wife were shot dead by gunmen near the northern city of Mosul.

Just north of the capital, gunmen mowed down a local council member and his friend, while another man died when the bomb he was planting on the side of a road near Balad exploded prematurely.

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In Command Post: Irak



University Dean Slain by Gunmen: "

From Reuters via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :

Gunmen shot dead the dean of Baghdad University’s School of Dentistry on Saturday, the latest victim of post-war violence that has forced thousands of professionals to flee the country.

Hassan Al Rubaiei was driving along the western bank of the Tigris when gunmen pulled alongside and sprayed his car with automatic gunfire, a police official said.

Mr Rubaiei’s wife was injured in the attack.

The motive for the attack was unknown but violence has become a hallmark of academic life in Iraq with professors killed or threatened for their political views or administrative decisions.

The attacks have included professors who attempted to uphold the country’s secular tradition and managers of universities and state companies who replaced former ruling Baath Party members.

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In Command Post: Irak



Commander: Mosul bomber not Guardsmember in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror

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