Thursday, June 17, 2010

*** Central Bank of Iraq ~ Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for CBI attack (retaliation?)

Note: Beware of the propaganda and disinformation in the news.

Unreliable news sources, biased news sources, and the possible infiltration of forums, blogs and news groups by Radical Islamic Extremists for the purpose of spreading Disinformation in an attempt to destabilize the ongoing Democratic Process in Iraq.

Remember, everyone has their own agenda and will do and say whatever will promote disarray.


Those who cannot accept defeat will continually be a problem until the new government is seated.

An example of promoting disarray would be the fictional article that was circulated condemning Prime Minister Maliki for the death and destruction that occured on Sunday at the CBI.

The article titled 'Nuri Al-Maliki Ordered The Burning Of Foreign Exchange Archive Iraq’s Central Bank - IS COMPLETLY FALSE!

If the article was even remotely true, it would have been "breaking" news ... before casting stones, take the time to do a search on the article, you will find that it leads to uniformed sources that aparently have issues.


Islamic State in Iraq

June 17, 2010

Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for CBI attack

BAGHDAD - The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attack on the Central Bank of Iraq, during which 19 people were killed or wounded.

Official spokesman of the Baghdad Operations Command, Maj. General Qassem Atta, had said last Sunday (June 13) that security forces foiled an attempt to storm the CBI in al-Rashied street in central Baghdad.

“Four gunmen were killed and 15 citizens were killed or wounded in the operation,” the spokesman added.
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IRAQ - April 19, 2010

Two Al-Qaida Leaders Reportedly Killed in Rocket Assault in Iraq

Vice President Joe Biden also referred to the deaths as a "potentially devastating blow" to al-Qaida, while U.S. forces commander Gen. Raymond Odierno said, "There is still work to do but this is a significant step forward in ridding Iraq of terrorists" ...


IRAQ - April 19, 2010

U.S. and Iraqi forces killed two al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in a nighttime rocket attack, officials said Monday, in what has been called a significant blow to the terrorist group.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told reporters in Baghdad that ground forces surrounded and killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who were hiding in a safe house in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The prime minister showed reporters photographs of the corpses, and the U.S. military later confirmed their deaths.

Al-Masri is reportedly the head of al-Qaida in Iraq and al-Baghdadi is purportedly in charge of its affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq.

Al-Maliki called the deaths of the two al-Qaida leaders "a quality blow breaking the back of al-Qaida."

Vice President Joe Biden also referred to the deaths as a "potentially devastating blow" to al-Qaida, while U.S. forces commander Gen. Raymond Odierno said, "There is still work to do but this is a significant step forward in ridding Iraq of terrorists," quoted The Associated Press.

A U.S. helicopter crashed during the attack, killing a soldier, the U.S. military said.
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The Islamic State of Iraq or Dawlat al-'Iraq al-Islamiyya (Arabic دولة العراق الإسلامية), is an umbrella organization of a number of Iraqi insurgent groups established on October 15, 2006[1] "to protect the Iraqi people from United States attacks and defend Islam, by the Hilf al-Mutayyibin[2]" This group was formed by the insurgent groups just before the proclamation of the State.[1]

The group is composed of and supported by a variety of insurgency groups, including its predecessor, the Mujahideen Shura Council, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jeish al-Fatiheen, Jund al-Sahaba, Katbiyan Ansar Al-Tawhid wal Sunnah, Jeish al-Taiifa al-Mansoura, etc, and other clans whose population is of Sunni faith. It aims to establish a caliphate in the Sunni dominated regions of Iraq.

It claims a presence in the governorates of Baghdad, Al Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah ad Din, Ninawa, and parts of Babil and Wasit, etc.[1][3][4][5] It initially claimed Baqubah as its capital.