18 die in attack on Al Qaeda foes
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BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomber struck a group of tribal chiefs who opposed Al Qaeda, killing at least 18 in a market area near Fallujah yesterday. The attack underscored the difficulties facing Sunni leaders in trying to wrest control of Anbar province from the terror network.
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Baghdad - Attacks against Iraq&#39;s fledgling security forces claimed more lives on Sunday, bringing to at least 24 the number killed in three days of violence over the Christmas period.
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An ongoing battle between Pakistani forces and suspected al Qaeda fighters Sunday in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan has left six suspected terrorists and 12 Pakistani forces dead, two government officials told
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The most severe attack happened near the Oil Ministry building and a nearby police academy, killing 17 people. Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said most of the casualties were passersby, including seven women.
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DUBAI, Dec 21  - The Al-Qaeda linked Army of Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base Tuesday in the Iraqi city of Mosul that reportedly killed about 22 people, in a statement attributed to the group on an Islamist
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Pakistani forces have been battling al Qaeda fighters in an ongoing operation to rout terrorists in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources said.
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WANA, Pakistan  - Up to ten people were killed in  fierce fighting between Pakistani security forces and al  Qaeda-linked fighters Sunday, taking the death toll to over 70  in one of the deadliest actions against the militants.
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The death toll in a mortar attack on tribesmen in Pakistan's South Waziristan region rises to 11, officials say.
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At least six were killed in the latest attacks on nationalist Sunnis who have allied themselves with American troops.
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Pakistani officials said Friday that they suspected Al-Qaeda had carried out a suicide bombing that killed 20 commandos from an elite unit tasked with tackling Osama bin Laden&#39;s extremist network.
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A suicide bomber driving a small truck rigged with explosives blew up near a Baghdad college on Tuesday, killing 18 people in an attack that came just a day after bomb blasts ripped apart two crowded city markets.
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BAGHDAD -- Thousands of US troops waged a new offensive against Al Qaeda in Iraq north of the capital yesterday, focusing in particular on the extremist group's bomb-making facilities, while at least 60 people were killed and more than 85 wounded in a massive suicide truck blast at a Baghdad mosque, US and Iraqi officials said.
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An al Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for killing eight paramilitary gendarmes in an ambush in eastern Algeria last week.
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RIYADH - Insurgents bombed Saudi Arabia&#39;s Interior Ministry office and a security unit in Riyadh on Wednesday, injuring at least 17 people in what appeared to be the latest strike by al-Qaeda.
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A SUICIDE bomber killed at least 18 worshippers and injured dozens of others in an attack during Friday prayers at a Shia Muslim mosque in Pakistan.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Tank-led Lebanese troops overran several positions of al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, and 18 people were killed in the fiercest fighting in two weeks.
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An ethnic Baluchi opposition group claimed responsibility for the attack today, a semi-official news agency said.