An Iraqi government official says al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command has been captured.
It is true that al-Qaida in Iraq has direct ties to Syria and Iran.
Sheikh Sattar had formed an alliance with other tribal leaders and the U.S. vowing to crush al-Qaida in Iraq.
And they've essentially turned against al-Qaida in Iraq and are now working with the U.S. troops - partnering with them.
No one has claimed responsibility, but coordinated bombings in civilian areas are a favorite strategy used by al-Qaida in Iraq.
Bin Laden labeled Iraqi opponents of al-Qaida in Iraq apostates and called for Iraqis to rally around his allied forces.
U.S. military sources confirmed to NPR the capture of al-Saeedi and his status as the deputy commander of al-Qaida in Iraq.
The U.S. military says that al-Qaida in Iraq has been responsible for the vast majority of spectacular attacks on civilians in Iraq.
Today in Iraq US forces are concentrating their efforts not on Iranian proxies but on Syrian-supported al-Qaida in Iraq units and cells.
There, they reported that he is combining forces with al-Qaida in Iraq.
It'll mean reaching beyond the followers of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq killed in a U.S. air strike last week.
But still there is a major difference between Iranian and Syrian sponsorship of al-Qaida in Iraq and Iranian support for the Shi'ite militias there.
Earlier this week, an al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility nearly 20 attacks that killed 65 people across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Well, the statement was put out on an Islamist website by a group calling itself al-Qaida in Iraq, which is the group that Zarqawi led.
Jordan provided key information on the whereabouts of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in 2004.
They come from towns all across Iraq, many of them recruited from Sunni tribes who are joining with U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight al-Qaida in Iraq.
Petreaus and Crocker explained that in general, the US and its allies face two distinct enemy forces in Iraq today - al-Qaida in Iraq and Iranianbacked Shi'ite forces.
Sadr's supposed arch-foe, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who leads al-Qaida in Iraq and whose operational commanders are in Iran, responded to his death by calling for attacks against Israel.
And the most disastrous outcomes would be western Iraq becoming a haven and operating base for al-Qaida in Iraq and other Jihadist strike forces against the United States, terrorist organizations...
Prosecutors say that Abassi, in recorded conversations with Esseghaier and the undercover officer, discussed his desire to raise funds for terrorist organizations such as the Nusrah Front, or al-Qaida in Iraq.
At the same time, you know, the U.S. has been capitalizing on the, basically, a fall out between Sunni Arab - Shiites and Sunni insurgent groups with the group al-Qaida in Iraq.
American officials in Iraq fear that if Hashim is hanged it could alienate some key Sunni tribes and former insurgents who only recently joined the Americans in battling al-Qaida in Iraq, a group comprised mainly of Iraqi Sunnis.
And as time went on, they became the targets of the insurgents, of al-Qaida in Iraq, and finally, the Mahdi Army on the Shiite side who said anybody who works for the Americans or any Western organization is a traitor.
Shaker al-Abssi, the leader of the Fatah al-Islam group that is involved in that conflict stands accused in Jordan of having conspired with Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, to carry out terrorist attacks on Western targets in Jordan.
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Despite Syria's open sponsorship of the insurgency in Iraq, its strategic alliance with Iran, as well as its sponsorship of Hizbullah, Hamas and al-Qaida in Iraq and Lebanon, the Bush administration sought to prevent Israel from destroying Syria's Iranian-financed, North Korean-built nuclear installation.
Whether he is in Iraq or Syria, allegations that he is collaborating with al-Qaida terrorists in Iraq make sense given that Absi was formerly allied with Abu Musab Zarkawi, who led al-Qaida forces in Iraq until he was killed by US forces in June 2006.
In a Web posting today, an al-Qaida group in Iraq claimed responsibility.
When seen as component parts of a larger whole, it is clear that Fatah al-Islam's various groupings are acting to unify al-Qaida forces in Iraq, Gaza and Lebanon under one banner.
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