Download - UNCLASSIFIED Al-Qaeda Iraq
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AlAl--Qaeda IraqQaeda Iraq
Abu Ayyub alAbu Ayyub al--MasriMasriAQI LeaderAQI Leader——EgyptianEgyptian
•• AlAl--Qaeda senior leaders envision Iraq as Qaeda senior leaders envision Iraq as first step towards Islamic Caliphatefirst step towards Islamic Caliphate
•• Leaders are mainly foreign bornLeaders are mainly foreign born
•• Fighters are mainly IraqiFighters are mainly Iraqi
•• 90 percent of suicide bombers are 90 percent of suicide bombers are foreign terroristsforeign terrorists
•• Ideology describes Taliban vision for IraqIdeology describes Taliban vision for Iraq
•• Strategy: Indiscriminate violence to reStrategy: Indiscriminate violence to re--ignite ignite ethnoethno--sectarian conflictsectarian conflict
•• Tactics: car bombs, suicide attacks, Tactics: car bombs, suicide attacks, executions, torture, beheadings, andexecutions, torture, beheadings, andamputationsamputations
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Ar Rutbah
Tall AfarIrbil
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Samarra
Karbala
An Najaf
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Kut
Al Amarah
Al Basrah
BAGHDAD
Mosul
Baqubah
Diwaniyah
Ar Ramadi
Al Qaeda in IraqDecember 2006
Al Qa’im
Fallujah
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AQI operations during the period 2-8 March 2007as reflected in
captured document
Crusaders Killed
Shia Militia KilledNumber of OPs
Gov’t Supporters Killed1111
Sniper ops
Rocket/RPG launchTanks & carriers
Centers & hideoutsMartyr ops
Downing of aircraftDestruction of equipment
Firefights & trapsUnder control of ISI
Areas of Turks and RejectionistsProminent OP of the week
Partially controlled by ISI
Captured AQI MapCaptured AQI Map
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Tall Afar Attack Tall Afar Attack –– 223 Killed Injured223 Killed Injured YazidiYazidi Attack Attack -- 796 killed/injured796 killed/injured
Patterns of Barbaric ViolencePatterns of Barbaric Violence
Letter from AQI Letter from AQI ‘‘courtcourt’’authorizes killing of authorizes killing of Iraqi citizens as Iraqi citizens as ‘‘apostatesapostates’’
Numerous mass graves discovered in former al-Qaeda operating areas
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2007
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2007
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8/3/
2007
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9/7/
2007
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Survivors of al-Qaeda’sbombing of the Kirkuk Girls’Primary School, April 2, 2007(5 killed and 87 injured, most ofwhom were civilians)
In 2007... • 4,552 enemy attacks targeted civilians• 3,870 civilians were murdered• 17,815 civilians injured due to violence
2007 High Profile Explosions2007 High Profile Explosions
Violence Against the Iraqi PeopleViolence Against the Iraqi People
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Al-Qaeda Torture Manual Captured in May
Torture and Murder
Patterns of Barbaric ViolencePatterns of Barbaric Violence
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Iraqi Security ForcesIraqi Security Forces continue to grow, to develop their
capabilities, and to shoulder more of the burden of providing security for their country.
Currently, 567,668 Iraqi’s under arms in the Ministries of Interior and Defense• Grew by more than 106,000• $2.85 billion worth of equipment supplies through Foreign Military Sales
Some 140 Iraqi Security Force Battalions in the fight • About 122 battalions capable of leading operations• All Iraqi battalions involved in combat operations• Increasingly the first line of defense• Losses 3 times those of the Coalition
Iraq spent more on its security than it received in security assistance from the United States in 2007
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Concerned Local CitizensGrassroots volunteer movement by Iraqi citizens and tribes to reject extremists
Organized to support Iraqi and Coalition Security Forces – bridges current gaps
More than 130 separate Concerned Local Citizen groups throughout Iraq
Over 80,000 active members
All screened and vetted, majority are paid volunteers
Under full control of local Iraqi Security or Coalition Forces
Some 25-30% want to become full time members of the uniformed Iraqi Security Forces, remainder will be offered job skill training, education and employment placement in public and private sector
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The Main FocusProgress depends on squeezing al-Qaeda Iraq from
every direction and with every possible means.
Conventional Forces
Counter-Terrorist Forces
Iraqi Security Forces
Iraqi Civilian Volunteers
Political Engagement
Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Regional Support to Stop Foreign Terrorists
Ministerial Assistance to Iraq
Interdicting Enemy Funding
Economic Development
Fusion of Intel
Regional Engagement
Information Operations
Support to Moderate Religious Leaders
Tribal Leaders Job Creation
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HaythemHaythem Sabah Shaker Mahmud alSabah Shaker Mahmud al--BadriBadri
Killed
Emir of Greater Samarra
Senior Iraqi in the al-Qaeda Iraq Network
Khalid al Khalid al MashadaniMashadani
Convicted by Iraqi Court and
Sentenced to Death
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Killed
Killed
Abu Abu UsamaUsama alal--TunisiTunisi
Emir of the Southern Belt
MuthannaMuthanna
Emir of Iraq/Syrian border
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Foreign Terrorist Bio Lists of Terrorists Suicide Pledge
Role of Foreign Terrorists: Role of Foreign Terrorists: The The SinjarSinjar PapersPapers
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Killed
Abu Abu YaqubYaqub al al MasriMasri
Member of Original Leadership of Al-Qaeda Iraq
UmarUmar WahdallahWahdallah DodDod alal--ZanganaZangana
Baghdad Military Emir
Convicted by Iraqi Court and
Sentenced to Death
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Ar Rutbah
Tall AfarIrbil
Kirkuk
Karbala
An Najaf
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Kut
Al Amarah
Al Basrah
BAGHDAD
Mosul
Baqubah
Diwaniyah
Ar Ramadi
Al Qaeda in IraqDecember 2007
Al Qa’im
Fallujah
Tikrit
Samarra