Islamist Groups Vow to Spread Fight Across Iraq
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Islamist groups including one led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi vowed in a video obtained on Saturday to take their battle in the rebel city of Falluja to all corners of Iraq.
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The Islamist militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon pledges to fight on.
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An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda   vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response   to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger   across the Muslim world.
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CAIRO - The leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group blamed for a series of violent attacks in Iraq is purportedly encouraging his supporters to fight on in Fallujah, claiming that signs of &quot;victory are on the horizon.
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An Iraq-based group led by Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi has pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda  group in a move it said aimed to increase the "ire of infidels  and the fear of the enemies of Islam."
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity, said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   It said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...
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HUNDREDS of fighters who escaped the US onslaught of Fallujah are regrouping, re-arming and attacking elsewhere in the country to show Iraq&#39;s insurgency will continue despite estimated
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Iraq has vowed to do all it can to disrupt the PKK fighters sheltering in its border region with Turkey.
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Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message that focuses on Iraq and an al-Qaeda linked insurgent group
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BAGHDAD -- Moqtada al-Sadr doesn't want his fighters in the Mahdi Army to let their fervor wane in the group's campaign to destroy US and Iraqi government troops with roadside bombs and nighttime ambushes.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi urged Iraqis Monday to unite behind democracy in the wake of the country's historic elections, but al-Qaida's arm in Iraq vowed to press ahead with its "holy war" despite its failure to stop the voting by millions of Iraqis.
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Sunni insurgent group hopes to regain popular support in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that they had handed over the keys to a revered Muslim shrine in the holy city of Najaf to top Shiite religious leaders, a move that marks a crucial step toward ending two weeks of fighting.    The militants, however, remain in control of the Imam Ali Shrine while final details of the transfer are worked out, said al-Sadr aide Ahmed al-Shaibany...
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Al Qaeda militants in Iraq vowed war on "worshippers of the cross" and protesters burned a papal effigy on Monday over Pope Benedict's comments on Islam, while Western churchmen and statesmen tried to calm ...
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Iraq's prime minister pledged Saturday to protect and support the Christian minority that has been fleeing the chaos and sectarian violence in the country.
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Plagued by violence and fearing reprisals, many of Iraq&#39;s Sunni Muslims say they had resolved to stay at home on election day long before Osama bin Laden said anyone who voted was a infidel.
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The Iraqi government announced that the battle for Fallujah was all but over Saturday as it faced fierce resistance in other key cities, while militants vowed to spread their fight throughout Iraq.