Al Qaeda Ally Declares All-Out War on Iraqi Election
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  declared all-out war against Iraq's landmark elections Sunday  in a warning intended to scare away voters a week before they  go to the polls amid a raging insurgency.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces say they have killed 90 al Qaeda fighters around Baghdad during one of the biggest combined offensives against the Sunni Islamist group since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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TERROR chief Osama Bin Laden has made a blatant bid to destroy Iraqâs elections. In a chilling audiotape broadcast yesterday, the al-Qaeda leader urged all Iraqi Muslims to boycott the poll on January 30.
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BAGHDAD - The Sunni insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility yesterday for planting the bomb that killed a prominent tribal leader Thursday, calling the assassination a "holy operation" that targeted Abdul Sattar Abu Risha for his alliance with US forces.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq outlined a major new offensive against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia insurgents on the outskirts of Baghdad.
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Insurgents vowing total war on Sunday's  Iraqi election unleashed a surge of violence on Saturday,  killing 17 people in bombings and rocket attacks as the country  battened down for the landmark vote.
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Osama bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism," speaking in an audiotape aired Monday and apparently intended to win over Sunnis opposed to al-Qaida's branch in Iraq.
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President Bush blamed Al Qaeda for the latest wave of sectarian violence and vowed not to withdraw troops Âuntil the mission is complete.Â
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki announces the start of a major offensive against al-Qaeda militants in Mosul.
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Insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's  election in Iraq killed 10 Iraqis and five U.S. troops on  Friday but the government said it had caught three al Qaeda  lieutenants and insisted guerrillas were on the defensive.
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RAMADI, Iraq  - The head of a tribal council in Iraq's western province of Anbar said on Sunday that tribesmen had killed 55 al Qaeda fighters in a battle on Saturday, but the U.S. military could not confirm the figures.
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An influential tribal leader announced the agreement to fight Al Qaeda insurgents today, while in Kirkuk, suicide bombers killed over two dozen people.
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The 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.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops began major military operations today against Al Qaeda forces near Baghdad, while in the south, U.S. troops battled Shiite militants.
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Iraq's most powerful-looking electoral bloc unveiled a slate of candidates for its election campaign on Thursday, throwing down a gauntlet to minority Sunni Arabs who complain next month's vote will be marred by violence.
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  declared all-out war on Sunday on Iraq's landmark elections in  a warning intended to scare away voters a week before they go  to the polls amid a raging insurgency.
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The al Qaeda wing in Iraq claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack near an Iraqi army recruitment center in Baghdad which killed at least 21 people on Tuesday, according to an Internet statement.