Topic: Al Qaeda in Iraq
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Top 4 threats against America: the good and bad news
America’s top spy chiefs and intelligence experts come together every year to share their best guesses about the biggest threats that will face the country in the year ahead. Here are the top four pieces of good and bad news to come out of the annual threat-assessment hearing in Congress Tuesday.
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The world in 2011: Trends and events to watch in every region
Monitor staff writers and correspondents in each of the world's regions share what they expect to be top headlines in 2011.
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FBI outlines case against Tarek Mehanna in terror plot
Massachusetts resident Tarek Mehanna, arrested Wednesday, plotted to attack Americans at a shopping mall, FBI says. Failing that, he tried cyberattacks.
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Iraqi-Syrian crisis deepens; Baghdad looks to UN for help
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday he's optimistic that a UN investigator would examine claims that Syria, Iran, and others were interfering in Iraq's affairs.
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Dallas terror plot: Troubled Jordanian teen or jihadist?
Hosam Smadi liked his American teachers, rarely visited the mosque, and came from prominent families that reject terrorism. Why was he talking about jihad on extremist websites?
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Interview: Iraqi VP Adel Abdul MahdiDr. Mahdi talked to Monitor correspondent Jane Arraf about upcoming national elections, Iraq's security and economic issues, and relations with Iraq's neighbors.
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Truck bomb hits increasingly violent northern IraqThe attack killed at least 19 people Thursday, two days after another bomb left three US soldiers dead. Insurgents may be moving north as coalition forces push them out elsewhere.
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Baghdad governor: Sunni MPs may be arrested for bombing
Gov. Salah Abdel-Razzaq also says that Saudi Arabia may be connected to last week's truck bombs that killed more than 100 people. His comments highlight the level of mistrust between the Shiite-led government and Sunni political parties.
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Ramadi struggles to instill a rule of law
Attacks rise, but a new $21 million court has failed to convict any major suspects in six months. US Marines frustrated by shrinking role in key Iraqi city
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Shattered in Baghdad blasts: Iraqi faith in security forces
From street sweepers to Foreign Ministry guards, Iraqis say their countrymen are falling short of their duty to protect them.
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Baghdad mosque bombings shatter July's fragile calmNevertheless, Iraq is much safer for Iraqis than it's been in a long time as British and Australian troops take their leave.
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Bombers target Baghdad churches – againSix churches were attacked within the past 24 hours, the first such attacks since the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraqi cities.
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Opinion: Can Gitmo's terrorists be rehabilitated?
Before he closes Guantánamo, Obama must take a clear-eyed look at the record – and anticipate the next chapter of the fight against terrorism.
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US forces withdrawing from Iraqi cities will move instead to encircle them
The troops will form 'belts' around volatile cities like Mosul, where some fear gains in stability will be lost when US troops pull out on June 30.
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Iraq pullout: Some US soldiers likely to stay behind in Mosul
As US prepares to withdraw troops from major cities, bombings in Baghdad and near Kirkuk have the country on edge.
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Could the murder of an Iraqi lawmaker kick off a new insurgency?
As US forces begin to pull out of cities, Hareth Obeidi's assassination is sparking concern among Sunnis.
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Top Sunni leader's assassination tests Iraqi stability
After Harith al-Obeidi was shot at a Baghdad mosque, President Jalal Talabani called for national unity 'in the face of powers that seek to provoke strife and destabilize the country.'
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US likely to release insurgent accused of killing five US soldiers
The deal would be part of a reconciliation effort between Iraq's government and extremist Shiite groups.
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The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan
The Haqqani network, born of the Russian war and nurtured by the CIA, is behind many spectacular assaults in Afghanistan.
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Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back?
US intelligence officials do not see a reversal in security gains, but Iraqi political maneuvering could affect decisions to keep US troops in trouble spots.
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The Monitor's View: US drops a ball in Iraq
Washington must reconnect with Iraqi religious leaders.
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Gates ousts US commander in Afghanistan, saying 'we must do better'
The man he wants for the post, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is deeply versed in special operations.
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General Odierno: US can't confirm that Iraqis are holding Al Qaeda-affiliated leader.Iraqi security forces say they arrested Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in April. US officials say they are uncertain whether the name refers to a specific person or is simply a commonly used pseudonym within the insurgency.
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Could Iraq violence affect US withdrawal plan?
The recent spate of attacks have come as US troops are preparing to pull out of urban areas.
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New bombings in Iraq steal thunder from top insurgent's arrest
Al Qaeda in Iraq appears to be exploiting instability in Iraq's government
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Al Qaeda in Iraq leader reportedly arrested amid spike in bombingsThe arrest is perhaps the greatest blow to the insurgency since Zarqawi was killed in 2006.
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Petraeus: What I learned in Iraq, and how it applies to AfghanistanThe US general credited with turning around a bleak war effort spoke yesterday to Harvard students, who forgave the one ‘blemish’ on his record: a PhD from Princeton.
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