Al Qaeda sows fear after sunset in Iraq's north
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - In northern Iraq, cities remain virtual ghost towns after dark as al Qaeda militants stalk the streets and fearful residents huddle indoors.
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday that sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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Reviving the city's old industrial district is key to making sure al Qaeda stays out. But does the populace  -  and the Baghdad government  -  have the will to do so?
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Gunmen carrying flags of Iraq's most feared terror group surfaced in force in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Tuesday for the first time since U.S. troops briefly entered it in a deal with tribal leaders that the Americans had portrayed as a success story in battling the insurgency.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. forces believe the initial combat phase of a major offensive to clear al Qaeda from the Iraqi city of Baquba is nearly complete and any militants left could be confronted in the next 24 hours.
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BAGHDAD -- US military leaders said yesterday that they expected Al Qaeda in Iraq to "lash out" soon in response to the continuing American troop surge with "spectacular attacks" designed to aggravate sectarian tensions.
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BAGHDAD -- An Al Qaeda-linked suicide bomber struck a safe house occupied by an insurgent group that has turned against the terror network. Yesterday's attack northeast of Baghdad killed two other militants, police said, the latest sign that an internal Sunni power struggle is spreading.
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BAGHDAD -- The number two leader of Al Qaeda called on Muslims in Iraq to unite against their enemies in a lengthy video released yesterday, at a time when rifts have opened between some Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq and the US military has detained individuals it says are senior members of the organization.
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Growing impatience with the slow pace of work to improve basic services like electricity and water could threaten security gains in Iraq's Anbar province, a former al Qaeda stronghold, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - Thousands of U.S. soldiers on the offensive north of Baghdad are facing ferocious resistance from hundreds of al Qaeda militants who are willing to fight to the death, an American general said on Friday.
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As if the daily struggle to dodge bullets and bombings is not enough, many Iraqis now face a freezing winter shivering by candlelight as persistent attacks keep the power out for more than 12 hours a day.
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Three-quarters of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been destroyed over 2007, the Interior Ministry in Baghdad says.
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Suicide vests, not car bombs, are latest shift in Al Qaeda tactics in Iraq, says US general.
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BAGHDAD -- An insurgency led by Al Qaeda affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has made the Iraqi capital its main battleground, perhaps in the hopes of swaying the outcome of US elections, a senior Western official said.
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BAGHDAD -- The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq is telling its followers to soften their tactics in order to regain popular support in the western province of Anbar, where Sunni tribes have turned against the organization and begun working with U.S. forces, according to group leaders and Am...
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A dusk-to-dawn curfew is in place in the Iraqi city of Samarra following a major offensive Friday in which at least 109 insurgents and one American soldier were killed, military officials said.
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The U.S. military said it had launched a major offensive against al Qaeda north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday involving around 10,000 soldiers.