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Hundreds more Christian families flee Iraq city

The number of Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week has reached 1,350, authorities said Wednesday.

U.S.: Letters detail infighting over al Qaeda's Iraq mission

Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant has conveyed leaders' dissatisfaction with al Qaeda's operations in Iraq, according to the U.S. military, which says it has uncovered letters authored by the terror outfit's No. 2 man.

Reward for wanted terrorist drops

The U.S. government has reduced by millions the reward for the capture or killing al Qaeda in Iraq's leader because he's no longer worth the price tag, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

U.S. says al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured

The U.S. military in Iraq denied widespread reports Friday that trumpeted the capture of a top Iraqi insurgent leader.

Time.com: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Arrested

The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday

PM vows not to let Iraq become 'the new Somalia'

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling on political parties to unite against armed groups in Iraq, a spokesman said Sunday, warning that "Iraq cannot be the new Somalia."

Radical cleric to be extradited to U.S.

Britain's Home Office has signed an extradition order that will send accused terrorist Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States for prosecution, CNN has confirmed.

Radical cleric can be sent to U.S.

A British court ruled Thursday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States, a member of al-Masri's defense team confirmed to CNN, though any final decision on extradition is still several months away.

U.S.: Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader held

The U.S. military on Wednesday announced the arrest of a senior leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, an insurgent who, the military said, is casting himself as a "conduit" between the top leaders of al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq.

U.S. says terrorist in Jill Carroll kidnapping killed

A U.S. military commander said Thursday that an al Qaeda in Iraq militant believed to be involved in last year's kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll has been killed.

Hundreds more Christian families flee Iraq city

The number of Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week has reached 1,350, authorities said Wednesday.

U.S.: Letters detail infighting over al Qaeda's Iraq mission

Reward for wanted terrorist drops

The U.S. government has reduced by millions the reward for the capture or killing al Qaeda in Iraq's leader because he's no longer worth the price tag, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

U.S. says al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured

The U.S. military in Iraq denied widespread reports Friday that trumpeted the capture of a top Iraqi insurgent leader.

Time.com: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Arrested

The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday

PM vows not to let Iraq become 'the new Somalia'

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling on political parties to unite against armed groups in Iraq, a spokesman said Sunday, warning that "Iraq cannot be the new Somalia."

Radical cleric to be extradited to U.S.

Britain's Home Office has signed an extradition order that will send accused terrorist Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States for prosecution, CNN has confirmed.

Radical cleric can be sent to U.S.

U.S.: Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader held

U.S. says terrorist in Jill Carroll kidnapping killed

A U.S. military commander said Thursday that an al Qaeda in Iraq militant believed to be involved in last year's kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll has been killed.

U.S. unable to determine if al Qaeda in Iraq leader killed

A U.S. military spokesman Wednesday said the status of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri is unclear following reports that he was killed in fighting on Tuesday.

Is al Qaeda in Iraq fighting a Sunni backlash?

Reports of fighting between al Qaeda in Iraq and Sunni militants surfaced Tuesday, the latest hints of rising tensions between the two allied groups.

Fighters claim they killed leader of al Qaeda in Iraq

The Anbar Salvation Council claims it killed al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri in fighting Tuesday.

U.S. troops battle insurgents in Baghdad mosque

Two insurgents were killed in a firefight Friday with U.S. troops in Baghdad after militants fired on the soldiers from a mosque, the U.S. military said.

Iraqi ministry: Militant leader arrested in Baghdad

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, was arrested Friday in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

U.S. doubts police wounded al Qaeda in Iraq leader

The U.S. military on Friday cast doubt on a report from the Iraqi government that al Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded in clashes with police.

Iraqi terror leader reported wounded

The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been wounded and his top aide killed in a clash with police, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Thursday.

Purported Iraq al Qaeda tape to U.S.: Jihad not over

A purported audio recording by the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq vows to step up the group's fight against the United States, saying, "We haven't had enough of your blood yet."

U.S. denies terrorist killed; Rice makes Baghdad stop

The U.S. military and the Iraqi government denied on Thursday that al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was recently killed by U.S. forces.

U.S. denies al Qaeda leader in Iraq slain

The U.S. military Thursday denied reports that al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been killed by U.S. forces in a raid.

2nd mass kidnapping in Iraq; martial law extended

For a second day, gunmen dressed as Iraqi government forces staged a mass kidnapping Monday, raiding several computer stores in central Baghdad and seizing at least 14 people, a Baghdad emergency police official told CNN.

Iraq: We'll get al Qaeda leader, dead or alive

Iraq's national security adviser Sunday issued a warning to the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, telling Abu Ayyub al-Masri that Iraqi troops are close to getting him "either as a corpse or tied up to face justice soon."

Terror tape says 4,000 foreign fighters killed in Iraq

A man identified as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq said on an audiotape Thursday that more than 4,000 foreign fighters have died battling the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi troops.

Baghdad bomb kills scores as they shop for Ramadan

An explosion ripped through crowds of shoppers stocking up before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Saturday and killed at least 34 of them, Baghdad police said.

Al Qaeda in Iraq followers told to kill 'at least one American'

The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq urged his followers to kill at least one American in the next two weeks using a sniper rifle, explosive or "whatever the battle may require," according to an audiotape that aired Thursday on Al-Jazeera.

Iraqi leader wants probe into rape, killings

Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday called for an independent Iraqi investigation or at least a joint U.S.-Iraqi probe into the March killings of an Iraqi female and three members of her family as well as her alleged rape.

Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list

Iraq unveiled a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives Sunday, including Saddam Hussein's wife and daughter.

Tape: Bin Laden tells Sunnis to fight Shiites in Iraq

Osama bin Laden in a tape posted on the Web encourages Sunnis in Iraq to retaliate against Shiites, deviating from al Qaeda's stand of not promoting sectarian violence.

U.S. puts $5M bounty on al-Masri

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice authorized up to a $5 million reward Friday for information leading to the capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, believed to be the replacement for the late leader of al Qaeda in Iraq -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

A question of identity

The man who might be the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. The 20th hijacker. Two men called Mohammad Khan.

U.S. soldiers' bodies mutilated, booby-trapped

The bodies of two U.S. soldiers found in Iraq Monday night were mutilated and booby-trapped, military sources said Tuesday.

U.S. reveals face of alleged new terror chief

The U.S. military on Thursday revealed for the first time a photo of the man said to be the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.

Al-Zarqawi's successor already an enigma

A week after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. military and intelligence don't have a concrete answer as to who his successor is -- or if he even exists.

Al-Zarqawi successor reportedly named

Al Qaeda in Iraq has named a successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader killed in a U.S. airstrike last week north of Baghdad, Islamist Web sites said Monday.

Storm over delay to charge Hamza

British police are facing criticism over the length of time it took them to take action against radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is starting a seven-year prison sentence for inciting the murder of non-believers.

Radical cleric praised 9/11, bin Laden

Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri is perhaps the most high-profile radical Islamic figure in Britain.

UK cleric sentenced to 7 years in prison

Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty on 11 terror-related charges, including soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred.

Hamza jury mulls race hate charges

Jurors at the trial of radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri have started to consider their verdict on charges of inciting murder of Jews and other non-Muslims and fomenting racial hatred.

Hamza: I had military academy plan

Preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri has told jurors in his race hate trial he kept plans of the royal military academy Sandhurst that he admitted would be "very crucial to any terrorist."

Cleric 'urged children to fight'

The jury in the trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri has heard recorded sermons of the Muslim cleric telling followers to "join the front line" in the fight against infidels and calling for children to be trained for a violent struggle.

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