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Iraq Military Commander Survives Suicide Bomb Attack
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror. (article 2)
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda's dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant "last stand" in the northern city of Mosul. (article 2)
A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10. (article 2)
Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, who has also led a crackdown on the Shi'ite Mahdi Army in Basra and Baghdad in recent months, claimed yesterday that his government had "defeated" terrorism. (article 2)
The number of foreign fighters coming over the border from Syria to bolster Al-Qaeda's numbers is thought to have declined to as few as 20 a month, compared with 120 a month at its peak. (article 2)
Robert Bendetson pays for rival Iraqi groups to come together to try to reduce violence. (article 1)
Iraq lodges lawsuit over Oil-for-Food scam Iraqi Government to sue companies for $10bn for allegedly defrauding the country's citizens out of food and medical provisions. (article 1)
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Source articles
- Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/08/2008, 310 words)
- Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda (timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 423 words)
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