1. Obama Warfare Budget
(Newsletter)

...encies    Tuesday, 19 May 2009 Iraqi authorities have released a video they says shows the interrogation of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the purported leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. CONTINUE... ...

2. Obama’s Empire
(Newsletter)

...orld. CONTINUE... Al-Baghdadi 'denies' Iraq capture Arab World By Agencies    Wednesday, 13 May 2009 Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a senior al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, has denied in an audio m...

3. Iraq releases 'al-Baghdadi tape'
(Archived/News/Arab)

Iraqi authorities have released a video they says shows the interrogation of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the purported leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

4. Al-Baghdadi 'denies' Iraq capture
(Archived/News/Arab)

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a senior al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, has denied in an audio message that he has been captured by the Iraqi authorities, a US group monitoring Islamist websites has said.

5. Iraq al-Qaeda chief 'in custody'
(Archived/News/Arab)

The Iraqi prime minister has announced that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a suspected senior commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is in custody.

6. Scores dead in Iraq suicide blasts
(Archived/News/Arab)

At least 73 people have been killed in two separate suicide attacks in Iraq, police say.

7. Sadr threatens war as Rice visits
(Archived/News/Arab)

US troops have killed 20 fighters in clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a day after Muqtada al-Sadr, who controls the Mahdi Army, threatened an "open war".

8. Al-Sadr threatens 'open war'
(Archived/News/Arab)

Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, has threatened to declare "open war" if a security crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists is not called off.

9. Second blast hits Iraq province
(Archived/News/Arab)

At least 10 people have been killed in a car bombing in the Iraqi town of Dali Abbas in  Diyala province, hours after a female suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in nearby Muqdadiya.

10. Suicide bomber targets Iraqi group
(Archived/News/Arab)

At least 16 people have been killed in Iraq after a female suicide bomber attacked an armed group working with US and Iraqi forces in the town of Muqdadiya, north of Baghdad.