http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Al_Qaeda_in_IraqFind stories, videos, and photos about Al Qaeda in Iraq from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:09:41 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Al_Qaeda_in_Iraq14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Al Qaeda in Iraq from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.al.qaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.al.qaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn umbrella group affiliated with al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for a pair of weekend bombings that killed 160 people in Baghdad.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTextA series of explosions hit a Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others, just a day after blasts across the country killed more than 50, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda in Iraq is trying to foment sectarian tensions by attacking and killing Iraqi civilians, a government spokesman said Monday.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car bomb exploded Tuesday in northern Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 18 others, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.alqaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.alqaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi Security Forces captured 66 people believed to be connected to al Qaeda in Iraq terror cells, the U.S. military said Thursday.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosive device went off Saturday after a female suicide bomber was challenged at a checkpoint north of Baghdad, but no one was injured, the U.S. military said.Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.alqaeda.leader/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.alqaeda.leader/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military announced Wednesday that coalition forces recently killed al Qaeda in Iraq's "charismatic" senior leader in northern Iraq.Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces in Baghdad have killed the man believed to be the mastermind of recent bombings in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said.Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces killed at least six Iraqi security troops after Iraqi personnel mistakenly fired on an American patrol boat north of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/24/iraq.jill.carroll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/24/iraq.jill.carroll/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S.-led forces captured two men believed to be senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders, including one suspected of planning the 2006 kidnapping of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, a military statement said.Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. soldiers were charged Saturday with the murder of an Iraqi detainee.Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven Shiite pilgrims were gunned down Sunday in a town south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces killed two relatives of a local Iraqi governor in northern Iraq on Sunday. The dead were identified by the U.S. military as members of al Qaeda in Iraq.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombs killed 11 people Monday in northern Iraq, where U.S. and Iraqi troops continue to battle al Qaeda in Iraq militants, police said.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA civilian and a police officer were killed in violence Saturday in a restive northern Iraqi city, the U.S. military said.Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe World Health Organization, one of United Nations' most important agencies, is opening a permanent office in Baghdad, a move that underscores recent security improvements in Iraq's capital.Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/anbar.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/anbar.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's Anbar province -- once dominated by Sunni insurgents but now a bastion of tribal opposition against the militants -- will soon be run by the Iraqi military.Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded Tuesday in a car bombing, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith Christmas 2005 approaching, the princes of al Qaeda's western command were gathering. They'd been summoned for something special: to plot a three-month campaign of coordinated suicide, rocket and infantry attacks on American bases, checkpoints and Iraqi army positions.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/06/female.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/06/female.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mother's voice lacks emotion as she recalls how her daughter became a suicide bomber.Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi soldiers rounded up six teenagers in northern Iraq who were being trained, against their will, to carry out suicide bombings for al Qaeda in Iraq, the Interior Ministry said Monday.Mon, 26 May 2008 20:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttackers launched assaults across Iraq over the past 24 hours, killing 11 police recruits and six civilians, including a 7-year-old.Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.alqaedafree/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.alqaedafree/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military in Iraq denied widespread reports Friday that trumpeted the capture of a top Iraqi insurgent leader.Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe US military blamed al-Qaeda in Iraq for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people during a wedding procession in a town northeast of BaghdadFri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.militant.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.militant.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military says a recent raid uncovered a detailed letter from an al Qaeda in Iraq militant to the group's leader about how the insurgent network should continue to generate economic chaos and "psychological conflict" and must bear down against American-backed Sunni militias.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:32:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsCaptured documents and new bomb attacks reveal a strategy for renewed chaos Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.mainbombs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.mainbombs/index.html#cnnSTCTextA wave of bombings blamed on al Qaeda in Iraq shook Baghdad and three provincial capitals Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 100 across Iraq.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings, clashes and a shooting in Iraq Tuesday left at least 48 people dead, and another 20 bodies were found in a mass grave, police officials told CNN. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/18/alqaeda.sunnis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/18/alqaeda.sunnis/index.html#cnnSTCTextVideo provided to CNN shows an al Qaeda in Iraq firing squad executing one-time allies -- fellow Sunni extremists -- who were not loyal enough to the terror organization, coalition military analysts said.Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting female patients at Baghdad's two psychiatric hospitals for suicide missions -- with the help of hospital staff -- according to the U.S. military.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military said disturbing video that shows masked boys brandishing guns was an al Qaeda in Iraq training and recruiting tool.Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA couple and their son were killed and four other people were injured Tuesday during a U.S. military raid in northern Iraq, police said. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi political and military leaders and U.S. military commanders have traveled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul ahead of a planned offensive on al Qaeda in Iraq loyalists, according to a senior U.S. military source. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence gripped northern Iraq on Tuesday as a suicide bomber killed at least one person in Mosul and authorities found nine bodies and an additional 10 decapitated heads in Diyala province.Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq is sending troops for a "decisive" battle with al Qaeda in Iraq militants in Mosul -- one of the cities where the fighters remain strong -- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Friday.Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextConflict flared up Wednesday in an area of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi troops have been taking on al Qaeda in Iraq and other militants. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. planes bombarded al Qaeda in Iraq safe havens on the southern outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday, hours after a suicide bomber carrying explosives in a candy box killed six people in Anbar province. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerican warplanes Thursday pounded a region of Iraq considered a "safe haven" for al Qaeda in Iraq, dropping 38 bombs in the first 10 minutes of the attack, the U.S. military said. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextInsurgents have kidnapped eight Awakening Council members and killed 14 other people in Baghdad attacks, said an Iraqi Interior Ministry official on Tuesday. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA well-respected Sunni leader who was key in helping reduce violence in his northern Baghdad neighborhood was among at least 15 people killed in three separate suicide bombings Monday, officials said.Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:39:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699187,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699187,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.S. can look back with content on 2007 as the year it put al-Qaeda on the run in Iraq. But Shi'ite militias have consolidated their power and may be a bigger long-term threatTue, 01 Jan 2008 23:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTroops in Iraq have found a medical facility next to the torture complex discovered last week near the Diyala province city of Muqdadiya, according to the top U.S. general in Iraq.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of people picking up cylinders of cooking gas were victims of a suicide car bomb attack Tuesday morning in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi soldiers have found a mass grave of mutilated bodies in a restive region north of Baghdad, a local security official told CNN Thursday.Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerica's top military commander in Iraq said Thursday violence is down significantly across the country -- 60 percent in the last six months -- but that he's not ready to celebrate.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks are down 75 percent in recent months in a perilous stretch of neighborhoods in northeastern Baghdad, prompting a U.S. military officer to proclaim Monday that security there is "dramatically improving."Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomb slammed an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Friday afternoon, killing nine people and wounding 21, according to a police official.Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb tore through a pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing 13 people and wounding 58 others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.main.int/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.main.int/index.html#cnnSTCTextFifteen Iraqi civilians -- all women and children -- were killed by coalition forces during an operation targeting senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq, according to the U.S. military, which claimed the victims were put in harm's way through the actions of the terrorist group. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Sunni member of Iraq's parliament is in custody after his arrest during a U.S.-Iraqi military raid on a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq gathering, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said Friday. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. military commander Friday reported the death of a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a Tunisian who was considered the "emir of foreign terrorists in Iraq." Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bombing in Iraq's volatile Diyala province ripped through a "reconciliation meeting" on Monday night attended by Sunni and Shiite militia leaders -- a brazen attack that killed and wounded dozens and fractured an effort to foster amity between the rival sects. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664905,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664905,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWas America's best ally in Anbar province given up by his chief of security, prodded by al-Qaeda?Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/14/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for the assassination of a Sunni sheik who had united with U.S. forces to fight the terrorist group in Anbar province.Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military on Saturday said coalition forces south of Baghdad found a site where people were executed and bodies dumped, as 10 more corpses were found in the Iraqi capital.Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/nie/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/nie/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilian casualties remain high, sectarian groups can't get along, al Qaeda in Iraq is still pulling off high-profile attacks and "to date, Iraqi leaders remain unable to govern effectively," said the declassified version of the National Intelligence Estimate released Thursday.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/24/bush.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/24/bush.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextResponding to critics who say that al Qaeda in Iraq is not the same group that attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush on Tuesday shared intelligence information he said links the two.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:21:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644824,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644824,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.S. command announced the arrest of an al-Qaeda leader it said served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Osama bin Laden's inner circleWed, 18 Jul 2007 23:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.capture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.capture/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe 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.Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlSix civilian detainees were killed and at least 50 more were wounded in an attack on the U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq on Saturday.Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.htmlA 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.Wed, 02 May 2007 13:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.insurgent.rift/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.insurgent.rift/index.htmlReports of fighting between al Qaeda in Iraq and Sunni militants surfaced Tuesday, the latest hints of rising tensions between the two allied groups.Tue, 01 May 2007 13:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Anbar Salvation Council claims it killed al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri in fighting Tuesday.Tue, 01 May 2007 09:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/13/iraq.main/index.htmlA U.S. Army commander on Friday said authorities still can't verify who bombed the Iraqi parliament complex on Thursday, but al Qaeda in Iraq probably was involved.Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi insurgents used two children as cover to get through a checkpoint in Baghdad and then blew up the car while the kids were still inside, a U.S. general said Tuesday.Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/iraq.main/index.htmlThe 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.Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.htmlThe 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.Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/schuster.column/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/schuster.column/index.htmlThe man who might be the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. The 20th hijacker. Two men called Mohammad Khan.Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.main/index.htmlThe 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.Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/alqaeda.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/alqaeda.iraq/index.htmlThe newly named leader of al Qaeda in Iraq threatens to attack Sunni government officials in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, according to a statement published Tuesday on a Web site often used by insurgents.Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.htmlIn a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Sunday, al Qaeda in Iraq threatened "large-scale operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep."Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/29/mideast.alqaeda.claim/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/29/mideast.alqaeda.claim/index.htmlIn what may be a sign that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror group is expanding its operations, Al Qaeda in Iraq has posted a statement claiming responsibility for firing missiles from Lebanon into northern Israel earlier this week.Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/10/jordan.blasts/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/10/jordan.blasts/index.htmlCalling the al Qaeda in Iraq leader a "lowlife," Jordanians on Thursday flooded the nation's capital in bitter protest of the triple suicide bombings that shook the city a day earlier and killed at least 56 people, most of Arab descent.Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/04/iraq.main/index.htmlSix Iraqi police officers were killed and 12 others wounded Friday in a gunbattle at a checkpoint north of Baghdad, police and hospital officials said.Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.capture/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.capture/index.htmlA propaganda cell leader for Al Qaeda in Iraq was captured in a raid on a suspected terrorist safe house in Karabilah last month, Multi-National Forces said in a statement issued Sunday.Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/alqaeda.letter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/alqaeda.letter/index.htmlAl Qaeda in Iraq said Thursday a letter purportedly from Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a fake, according to a statement on several Islamist Web sites.Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.anbar/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.anbar/index.htmlA blue sign with yellow writing stands along the highway leading into Qaim, in Iraq's western desert, warning citizens not to cooperate with the Americans. It is signed by al Qaeda in Iraq. Marines remove it.Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/27/alqaeda.threats/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/27/alqaeda.threats/index.htmlU.S. Marines took down a sign warning Iraqi citizens not to cooperate with the Americans. The blue sign with yellow writing bears the signature of al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It stood along Iraq's desert highway leading into Qaim, near the Syrian border.Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/26/alqaeda.book/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/26/alqaeda.book/index.htmlLaying out its ideology in a broad manifesto, the group al Qaeda in Iraq -- which has been behind many of the worst attacks, beheadings and kidnappings in Iraq -- says the insurgency is in better shape than the United States acknowledges and vows to continue the insurgency and "destroy the American empire."Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/23/jordan.attack.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/23/jordan.attack.alqaeda/index.htmlAl Qaeda in Iraq has issued a claim of responsibility for a rocket attack in Jordan just hours after Jordanian authorities said they had arrested the "prime suspect" in the attack on two U.S. warships that left a Jordanian soldier dead.Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:23:00 EDT