UNCLASSIFIED
Al-Qaeda Iraq
• Al-Qaeda senior leaders envision Iraq as
first step towards Islamic Caliphate
• Leaders are mainly foreign born
• Fighters are mainly Iraqi
• 90 percent of suicide bombers are
foreign terrorists
• Ideology describes Taliban vision for Iraq
• Strategy: Indiscriminate violence to re-ignite
ethno-sectarian conflict
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
AQI Leader—Egyptian
1
• Tactics: car bombs, suicide attacks,
executions, torture, beheadings, and
amputations
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Mosul
December 2006
Irbil
Tall Afar
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Samarra
Al Qa’im
Baqubah
Ar Ramadi
BAGHDAD
Ar Rutbah
Fallujah
Al Kut
Karbala
An Najaf
Diwaniyah
Al Amarah
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Basrah
2
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Captured AQI Map
AQI operations
during the period
2-8 March 2007
as reflected in
captured
document
1
1
Crusaders Killed
Gov’t Supporters Killed
1
1
Shia Militia Killed
Number of OPs
3
Sniper ops
Centers & hideouts
Rocket/RPG launch
Martyr ops
Firefights & traps
Downing of aircraft
Under control of ISI
Tanks & carriers
Destruction of equipment
Prominent OP of the week
Partially controlled by ISI
Areas of Turks and Rejectionists
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Patterns of Barbaric Violence
Tall Afar Attack – 223 Killed Injured
Yazidi Attack - 796 killed/injured
Letter from AQI ‘court’
authorizes killing of
Iraqi citizens as
‘apostates’
Numerous mass graves
discovered in former alQaeda operating areas
4
UNCLASSIFIED
1/5/2007
1/12/2007
1/19/2007
1/26/2007
2/2/2007
2/9/2007
2/16/2007
2/23/2007
3/2/2007
3/9/2007
3/16/2007
3/23/2007
3/30/2007
4/6/2007
4/13/2007
4/20/2007
4/27/2007
5/4/2007
5/11/2007
5/18/2007
5/25/2007
6/1/2007
6/8/2007
6/15/2007
6/22/2007
6/29/2007
7/6/2007
7/13/2007
7/20/2007
7/27/2007
8/3/2007
8/10/2007
8/17/2007
8/24/2007
8/31/2007
9/7/2007
9/14/2007
9/21/2007
9/28/2007
10/5/2007
10/12/2007
10/19/2007
10/26/2007
11/2/2007
11/9/2007
11/16/2007
11/23/2007
11/30/2007
12/7/2007
12/14/2007
12/21/2007
12/28/2007
UNCLASSIFIED
Violence Against the Iraqi People
In 2007...
• 4,552 enemy attacks targeted civilians
• 3,870 civilians were murdered
• 17,815 civilians injured due to violence
50
45
Survivors of al-Qaeda’s
bombing of the Kirkuk Girls’
Primary School, April 2, 2007
(5 killed and 87 injured, most of
whom were civilians)
5
2007 High Profile Explosions
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Patterns of Barbaric Violence
Al-Qaeda Torture Manual Captured in May
Torture and Murder
6
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Iraqi Security Forces
Iraqi 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
7
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Concerned Local Citizens
¾ Grassroots volunteer movement by Iraqi citizens and tribes to reject extremists
¾ Organized to support Iraqi and Coalition Security Forces – bridges current gaps
¾ More than 130 separate Concerned
Local Citizen groups throughout Iraq
¾ Over 80,000 active members
¾ All screened and vetted, majority
are paid volunteers
¾ Under full control of local Iraqi Security
or Coalition Forces
¾ 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
8
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
The Main Focus
Progress depends on squeezing al-Qaeda Iraq from
every direction and with every possible means.
Tribal Leaders
Conventional Forces
Counter-Terrorist Forces
Iraqi Security Forces
Iraqi Civilian Volunteers
Political Engagement
Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Regional Support to Stop Foreign Terrorists
9
Job Creation
Ministerial Assistance to Iraq
Interdicting Enemy Funding
Economic Development
Fusion of Intel
Regional Engagement
Information Operations
Support to Moderate Religious Leaders
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Haythem Sabah Shaker Mahmud al-Badri
Emir of Greater Samarra
Killed
Khalid al Mashadani
Senior Iraqi in the al-Qaeda Iraq Network
10
Convicted by Iraqi
Court and
Sentenced to
Death
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Abu Usama al-Tunisi
Emir of the Southern Belt
Killed
Muthanna
Emir of Iraq/Syrian border
Killed
11
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Role of Foreign Terrorists:
The Sinjar Papers
Foreign Terrorist Bio
12
Lists of Terrorists
Suicide Pledge
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Abu Yaqub al Masri
Member of Original
Leadership of Al-Qaeda Iraq
Killed
Umar Wahdallah Dod al-Zangana
Baghdad Military Emir
13
Convicted by Iraqi
Court and
Sentenced to
Death
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Mosul
December 2007
Irbil
Tall Afar
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Samarra
Al Qa’im
Baqubah
Ar Ramadi
BAGHDAD
Ar Rutbah
Fallujah
Al Kut
Karbala
An Najaf
Diwaniyah
Al Amarah
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Basrah
14
UNCLASSIFIED