http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Islamic_State_of_IraqFind stories, videos, and photos about Islamic State of Iraq from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:39:52 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Islamic_State_of_Iraq14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Islamic State of Iraq from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.attacks.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/iraq.attacks.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi officials on Tuesday released security camera video of two weekend bombings that killed at least 155 people -- the deadliest attacks in the capital in more than two years.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:00 EDThttp://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/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.bombings.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government said Friday it has arrested members of a cell believed responsible for Wednesday's truck bombings in which more than 100 people were killed.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.alleged.terror.confession/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.alleged.terror.confession/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government released what it said was the confession of a top terrorist leader in the country Monday, nearly a month after the government claimed to have captured him.Mon, 18 May 2009 15:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/al.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/al.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe man said to be the leader of an al Qaeda front group in Iraq is heard in a new audiotape blasting the U.S. president's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from that country.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/11/alqaeda.letters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/11/alqaeda.letters/index.html#cnnSTCTextOsama 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.Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces killed nine Iraqi civilians, including a child and two women, and wounded three others near Iskandariya, Iraq, over the weekend, police and a U.S. military spokeswoman said Monday. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:30:00 ESThttp://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.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640143,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640143,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAl-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri sought to bolster the terror network's main arm in Iraq in a new video released ThursdayThu, 05 Jul 2007 11:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/04/missing.soldiers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/04/missing.soldiers/index.htmlA Sunni insurgent group on Monday posted video of the military identification cards of two missing American soldiers in Iraq.Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Islamic State of Iraq -- a Sunni insurgent coalition that includes al Qaeda in Iraq -- issued a statement Monday saying it is holding three American soldiers and warning the U.S. military to call off its search.Mon, 14 May 2007 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.htmlNine Iraqi security officers were blindfolded and shot execution-style as they kneeled on the ground, according to an online video purportedly posted by an insurgent group linked to al Qaeda in Iraq.Thu, 10 May 2007 11:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlSuicide car bombings at a market and at a police checkpoint in Ramadi killed 13 people and wounded 35 others Monday, police said.Mon, 07 May 2007 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.htmlA 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.Thu, 03 May 2007 10:18:00 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/04/17/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/17/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents executed 20 members of Iraq's security forces who were seized last week, according to a claim posted on the Internet on Tuesday.Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.rape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.rape/index.htmlIraqi militants claim to have "detained" 20 Iraqi security force members in response to an alleged rape that has heightened Sunni-Shiite tensions.Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.arrest/index.htmlA man Iraqi officials arrested Friday was not militant leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi as previously claimed.Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/09/iraq.main/index.htmlAbu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, was arrested Friday in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.execution.0845/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.execution.0845/index.htmlAn al-Qaeda-affiliated group says it killed 18 kidnapped Iraqi security guards, posting a video of the officers being shot in the back of the head while kneeling in a field.Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.execution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.execution/index.htmlThe U.S. military is calling on all Iraqi leaders, Sunni and Shiite, to condemn the recent kidnapping and killing of 15 Iraqi police officers in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman.Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.htmlAn Iraqi police commander was killed during an assault on at least six police officers in Iraq's capital Saturday, said an Iraqi Interior Ministry official.Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:49:00 EST