Lara Jakes

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FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida. A Jordanian security official confirmed that al-Ghaith was handed over last week to U.S. law enforcement officials under both nations' extradition treaty. He declined to disclose other details and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. (AP Photo)

Officials: Bin Laden spokesman caught in Jordan

Lara Jakes · March 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this file photo taken on Friday, July 20, 2012, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida is slowly resurging in Iraq, and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani File)

Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say

Qassim AbdulZahra, Lara Jakes · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

An Iraqi woman stands in rubble at the scene of a car bomb attack in the town of Taji, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. A rapid-fire series of explosions in Baghdad while Iraqis were going to work on Sunday morning, killed and wounded scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of bombings across Iraq leaves 26 dead

Lara Jakes · September 30, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man holds a placard in English during a demonstration against the attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, in Benghazi, Libya. The vast majority of Muslims have not taken to the streets over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad, and behind the visible public anger a more measured debate is taking place over how much free speech is acceptable in the Muslim world. While many do yearn for more openness, few if any will go as far as accepting the right to blaspheme as the ultimate test of freedom of speech. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

Islam vs tolerance debated in Prophet film’s wake

Lara Jakes, Hamza Hendawi · September 20, 2012 4:00 am

Last big group of Iranian exiles moves to Baghdad

Last big group of Iranian exiles moves to Baghdad

Lara Jakes · September 16, 2012 12:07 pm

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraq’s fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 92

Lara Jakes · September 9, 2012 4:00 am

18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns

18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns

Lara Jakes, Mazin Yahya · July 22, 2012 4:00 am

Police say 8 dead in Iraqi market blast

Police say 8 dead in Iraqi market blast

Lara Jakes · July 4, 2012 11:04 am