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The Iraqi insurgent group Ansar al Islam released a short video showing three of its members allegedly targeting the U.S. Base at Mosul airport with a makeshift missile. The video shows the militants firing the missiles, but does not include footage of the actual attack. The statement accompanying the video claims the target had been hit.

The video was produced by the group’s media wing Al Ansar Media Foundation.

A short video posted online by the so-called “correspondent” of the Iraqi insurgent group the Islamist Army of Iraq shows an IED attack by the group against a U.S. armor in the city of Mosul.

The video was posted on militant Islamist websites on February 18th.

A short video, posted on militant Islamist websites on February 13th, showed an IED attack on a Humvee allegedly belonging to the Peshmerga, the Kurdish paramilitary force. The group, Al Mustafa Army, claimed that all of the people in the Humvee were killed and said it allegedly delayed the attack for four hours to avoid killing a passerby.

Clip Shows Abuse of Prisoners by Iraqi Soldiers in Mosul
A short video showing Iraqi soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners was widely distributed on militant Islamist Internet forums.

The clip, filmed using a mobile phone camera, showed two prisoners, an elderly man and a younger one, sitting blindfolded on the ground and with their hands tied behind their backs. A group of Iraqi soldiers are seen singing and dancing around them.

The Iraqi insurgent group The Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) claimed responsibility for downing a U.S. helicopter in Mosul, in an Internet statement released today.

According to the statement, members of the group laid an ambush for the U.S. helicopter in western Mosul and shot it down using a Strella missile, which has the ability to shoot down an craft from a distance of two miles. “The plane received a direct hit; it was completely destroyed, and the crewmen onboard have all been killed,” the statement said.

The IAI claim was however contested by several al Qaeda supporters on militant Islamist websites, who claimed that al Qaeda was behind the attack and posted a copy of a statement that was allegedly distributed in Mosul shortly after the attack.

After a period of disappearance, the Iraqi insurgent group the Islamic Army in Iraq released a video showing the aftermath of an attack on what the group said was a U.S. army oil tanker in Mosul.’ The video shows flames and dark smoke rising from the vehicle.

The Iraqi insurgent group Ansar al Islam released an undated video depicting an IED attack on an Iraqi Humvee western Mosul.

The Iraqi insurgent group The Army of al Mujahideen released an undated clip depicting an attack on a U.S. M-RAP using thermal grenades in Mosul. The video showed two militants throwing their grenades into the vehicle as it drove by, before running away from the scene. The attack comes as part of a military campaign launched by the group in the second week of Ramadan.

The Iraqi insurgent group Ansar al Islam released a short video of an IED attack on a U.S. patrol in Mosul. The undated video showed an M-RAP hit by a roadside bomb along what the group claimed was the Islah Ziraʼey road in Mosul. It also showed what the group said was parts from the destroyed vehicle.

In a new video posted on the Internet today Abu Omar al Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State of Iraq, which al Qaeda is part of, and his military chief Abu Hamza al Muhajer criticized the Iraqi government’s offensive against militants in Mosul.

Al Muhajer, who also holds the title of the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, criticized Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. “The criminal pagan has joined forces with the insatiable Kurd, backed by the Jewish American devil, aided by a group of those who gave up the faith in exchange for government positions or money,” he said.

Al Baghdadi, for his part, warned Sunnis that they are facing a major threat and that only “the mujahideen” can help them “O’ Sunnis…beware…what’s being plotted against you is very serious,” al Baghdadi said. “You shall suffer disgrace and humiliation if you walk out on the mujahideen,” he added.

The second part of the video was dedicated to a dual suicide operation undertaken by two Kuwaiti operatives named as Abu Omar and Abu Saleh al Ajmi. An Internet report said that the two men had carried out suicide attacks against coalition forces in Mosul last April.

The video showed the two men making their final statements before setting off on their final missions. They were seen calling on all Muslims to join the battle under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq, before driving off their trucks loaded with explosives.

Footage of the first explosion showed that Abu Omar had detonated his charge before he reached his target. Gunshots were heard prior to the detonation, indicating he might have been hit before reaching it.

Then a second, stronger, explosion was seen from a distance. This attack was carried out by al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who had been repatriated to Kuwait on November 3, 2005. He was taken into custody by Kuwaiti authorities, who released him on bail, while awaiting trial. Al Ajmi was acquitted by a Kuwaiti court on July 22, 2006.