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[The Long War Journal] Al Qaeda appoints new 'war minister' for Iraq - The Long War Journal: Al Qaeda in Iraq’s founder, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, who was killed in a US strike in June 2006, had insisted from the very beginning that al Qaeda’s best chance at destroying the Iraqi government and imposing an Islamic state was to fan the sectarian flames. Zarqawi made the argument to al Qaeda's central leadership that the Shia must be viciously targeted, even if it meant a full-blown war against the Shia.

[At War] New Qaeda 'War Minister' Warns of 'Days Colored in Blood' - At War ...: BAGHDAD - A man purporting to be the new military commander of the Islamic State of Iraq, the front for Al Qaeda in Iraq, has warned of “a long gloomy night and dark days colored in blood,” according to a statement circulated on Friday.

[Updated News] Qaeda in Iraq names new 'war minister': SITE | Updated News: IRAQ - A new “war minister” has been named for the Al-Qaeda front organisation in Iraq following the deaths last month of two top leaders, an Internet monitoring group reported on Friday. The US-based SITE Intelligence Group service said .

[NWO Observer] Who is Bombing in Iraq? Are the bombers Al-Qaeda, the CIA or ...: The Palestinians have Mahmoud Abbas, Iran had the Shah, Afghanistan has Karzai, Iraq has Maliki, the UK had Anthony Blair and Gordon Brown as well as the collaboration of most of the UK’s political class both in the US’s wars of aggression and its occupation of the UK with its bases. Our government has changed but as the French say, plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose (more change, more of the same thing).

[Eurasia Review] Report: Al-Qaida In Iraq Names New 'War Minister' | Eurasia Review: Bombings and shootings across Iraq killed at least 119 people Monday - the country's worst day of violence this year. Iraqi officials blamed al-Qaida-linked militants for the violence, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

[Ya Libnan] Iraq: New al-Qaida leader vows to continue deadly attacks | Ya ...: Abu Suleiman declared in the statement that his group has already launched a new wave of fresh attacks against Iraqi security forces and Shiites, saying his men would bring “a long gloomy night and dark days with blood color.”

[Top Stories From AOL News] Al-Qaida in Iraq Chief al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman: 'Dark ...: No claim of responsibility was made, but Iraqi officials were quick to point a finger at al-Qaida. Many of Monday's attacks targeted Shiite Muslims and Iraqi security forces -- both hallmarks of the ISI, which adheres to an extremist Sunni ideology and resents how Shiite parties swept into power after Saddam Hussein's ouster.

[The Long War Journal] Al Qaeda in Iraq: Last stand, or sign of resilience? - The Long ...: Since January 2010, however, the organization's tactics seem to have shifted to coordinating more numerous, smaller-scale attacks on softer targets. The April 23, 2010, attacks in particular -- 13 blasts which hit different areas of Baghdad, mostly near Shiite mosques and marketplaces, killing at least 56 people -- are indicative of al Qaeda’s new tactical approach.

[Redress News] Who is bombing in Iraq? > Iraq > Redress Information & Analysis: The Palestinians have Mahmoud Abbas, Iran had the Shah, Afghanistan has Karzai, Iraq has Maliki, the UK had Anthony Blair and Gordon Brown as well as the collaboration of most of the UK’s political class both in the US’s wars of aggression and its occupation of the UK with its bases. Our government has changed but as the French say, plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose (more change, more of the same thing).

[Mark Berch] Mark Berch » Blog Archive » New al-Qaida in Iraq chief vows blood ...: The Iraqi insurgent umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, named al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman as its new minister of war, replacing the Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, killed in a U.S.-Iraqi military strike on a safe house in April. The ISI counts al-Qaida as one of its member groups.

[Spucc] Deadly bombing hits Iraqi stadium | SPUCC: Al-Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed that two of its top leaders were killed in a joint operation by Iraqi and US forces a week ago.A statement posted on Islamist websites said Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were attending a meeting when they were killed in an airstrike. It said confirmation...

[Arab News Blog] Arab News Blog » ISI: AFP: Qaeda in Iraq names new ‘war minister’: SITE "The US-based SITE Intelligence Group service said that the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the branch of Al-Qaeda in the country, named him in a statement posted on jihadist Internet forums.

[Gone Hollywood] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed (Video Photo): Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which had recently rebranded itself as part of a coalition of insurgent groups called the Mujahideen Al-Shura Council, had claimed responsibility for hundreds of attacks in the past three years, including many of the deadliest. The group’s focus had recently begun to shift from attacks on military forces to the targeting of civilians, most of them Shiites.

[The Enterprise Blog] Two Top Al Qaeda Leaders Killed in Iraq (Yawn) « The Enterprise Blog: I vividly recall getting a late night call in 2005 when the then-leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, was killed””and working with Bill McGurn in secret on President Bush’s statement in the Rose Garden the next morning. Bush declared back then that Zarqawi’s death “is a severe blow to Al Qaeda and it is a significant victory in the war on terror.” This time, the current occupant of the Oval Office did not see the occasion as one meriting a Rose Garden statement or any statement for that matter.

[The Jefferson Tree”¦] War in Iraq - 102 Die In Recent Attack « The Jefferson Tree”¦: Also last month, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the political leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Abu Ayub al-Masri, an Egyptian militant and the group's self-styled “minister of war”, died when their safehouse north of Baghdad was bombed. ...

[At War] Dead? Again? - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: The capture or demise of the two leaders ”” Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri ”” was heralded numerous times before by Iraqi authorities, turning the duo into the butt of jokes and even earning one Iraqi official the namesake of “the liar of Baghdad.”

[Aletho News] Al-Qaeda Chief In Iraq: Captured, Killed, Never Actually Existed ...: Bizarrely, the Reuters piece quotes the Iraqi prime minister pinpointing the location of the raid as “a house in Thar-Thar, a rural area 50 miles west of Baghdad that is regarded as a hotbed of Qaeda activity”, however, the Washington Post report quotes U.S. officials saying the raid occurred “a few miles southwest of Tikrit”. If you look at a map of Iraq, those two descriptions do not entirely add up, unless you consider “a few miles” to be over 100.

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