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This is our first update to January’s map of Al Qaeda control in Iraq. The map has been expanded to show much more detail of the ongoing campaign of control by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now no longer an Al Qaeda affiliate.
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- Territorial control in Iraq by city, color coded for government, ISIS, or Kurdistan
- Detail of ISIS control and attempted control in small towns, including in the eastern flashpoint province of Diyala
- Inset map with extra detail for Anbar province, where ISIS controls the most populated territory
- Indications of estimated ISIS control/influence in the countryside
- Article summarizing events since January, explaining the information on the map, and providing in-line links to the sources of information