Latest Wave of Suicide Bombings in Iraq Claimed by Al-Qaida Affiliates
By Evan Kohlmann
Sadly, the beginning of this new year has not brought any greater sense of peace to troubled Sunni central Iraq, where a wave of suicide bombings, improvised explosive devices, and artillery attacks have targeted everyone from U.S. and Iraqi soldiers to local government officials and election workers. The lionshare of these attacks are being claimed by three groups: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaida outfit; the Ansar al-Sunnah Army (which also advertises its allegiance to Usama Bin Laden); and the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI--the same militant faction that last week threatened to attack the U.S. homeland sometime in 2005). These three organizations are confirmed to have conducted joint military operations in Iraq targeting coalition forces as recently as November 2004.
English translations of recent communiques:
ANSAR AL-SUNNAH
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Jan. 3
suicide bomb attack on National Accord Party HQ
- Jan.
4 assassination of Iraqi Interior Ministry
official
- Jan. 4
suicide car bomb attack outside Al-Bakr Air Base
- Jan. 4
video of suicide bomb attack on Al-Bakr base
(video)
- Jan.
4 suicide bomb attack on Iraqi National
Guard in Balad
- Jan.
4
Katyusha rocket attack on
Iraqi soldiers in Taji
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Jan. 5 suicide bomb attack
in Amariyah, west of Baghdad
-
Jan.
6 roadside bomb attack on Iraqi soldiers in
Samarra
- Jan. 6
claim for Jan. 5 mortar attack on Baghdad police
- Jan.
9
claim for Jan. 7 roadside
bombing west of Baghdad
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Jan. 9 suicide car bomb
attack in Al-Mahawil
-
Jan.
10 claim for Jan. 9 ambush on Baghdad
airport road
- Jan.
10 suicide car bombing at Baghdad police station
- Jan.
11
car bombing at Salahuddin
police station in Tikrit
AL-QAIDA'S JIHAD COMMITTEE IN MESOPOTAMIA (ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI)
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Dec. 7
roadside bomb attack on U.S. soldiers
(video)
-
Jan.
4 assassination of the Baghdad mayor Ali
al-Haydara
- Jan. 4
suicide car bombing in Al-Qadisiyah
- Jan.
6
suicide car bombing at
police academy in Al-Hillah
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Jan. 6 suicide car bombing
at checkpoint in Baqubah
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Jan.
8 announcement of operations over last 3
months
- Jan. 8
announcement of Jan. 7 operations in Baghdad
- Jan.
8 summary of Jan. 7 operations in Baghdad
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