Developments Fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq

In the last year Coalition and Iraqi Forces and local Iraqi citizens made significant progress fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).  AQI was cleared from former areas of operation like Anbar and Baghdad and the organization became fragmented with its freedom of movement and ability to conduct operations reduced.  Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-Iraq) recently released a series of maps illustrating these developments.  These maps are presented and explained in this Backgrounder.