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Sadr-City, Iraq: An Insider's View of the Situation
This is an excerpt of an email that I received yesterday from a young SGT who is currently serving a tour of duty in Sadr-City in Iraq -- an area with some of the heaviest and ugliest fighting. He is 8 months into his tour with an infantry division and who also served in...Iraq's Mehdi Army 'stops carrying arms'
The Mehdi Army will not carry weapons for now, but if the US does not set a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, then the militia will rise again. A little background on the Mehdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Army...
Iraq army tightens grip on southern city
Things are improving in Iraq. The Iraqi government is gearing up to go into the southern city of Amara, which borders Iran. "Iraq's security forces tightened their grip on the southern city of Amara on Monday and... Al-Sadr calls for protest Million Man March
Sadr calls protest march against U.S."BASRA, Iraq, April 3 (UPI) -- Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called Thursday for a million-strong march in the shrine city of Najef against the U.S. "occupation" in Iraq. The...Al-Sadr orders his men to cease fighting
Update: In response to Al-Sadr's call to pull his men off the streets, the Iraqi government has lifted its curfew of Baghdad."The government said the curfew would end at 0600 local time (0300 GMT), but a...Has Muqtada al-Sadr assumed RT?
(*room temperature)"Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces He’s Retiring From Leadership Of Sadrist Movement, Sequestering Himself The leader of the Shi'ite Sadrists in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has announced in a letter to...Al-Sadr Threatens to End Cease-Fire in Iraq
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.The Associated Press is...
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Iraq journalist's family killed 11 members slain by gunmen
This happens a lot but it's always just as tragic each time. I think we should all appreciate our ability to speak freely without the thought of harm.I am sure we all feel something for this family and all of the other innocent people who have lost their lives in this war.... Explosive charge blows up in US's face
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Explosive charge blows up in US's face
By Gareth Porter
WASHINGTON - When the United States military command accused the Iranian Quds Force in January of providing the armor-piercing EFPs (explosively formed... Shifting Sands: Iraq Govt Expels Pilgrims
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience. The recent... New Coalition Is Reached To Rule Iraq
"y ELI LAKE Staff Reporter of the Sun August 17, 2007 WASHINGTON — A month before General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker deliver to Congress a make-or-break assessment of Iraq, the country's prime minister announced a new ruling coalition that excludes the...Moqtada al-Sadr: The man America has in its sights
"The US wants to talk to Moqtada al-Sadr. He thinks they want to assassinate him. In this rare interview in Kufa, Iraq, the Shia cleric tells Nizar Latif why"Fiery anti-U.S. cleric reappears in Iraq
- Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave...The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City by Pepe Escobar
" RED ZONE ROVING The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City By Pepe Escobar BAGHDAD - This was once the pinnacle of world culture. Al-Mustansariya University is older than the Sorbonne. During Saddam Hussein's time, even with United Nations sanctions, it was still churning out the...What Muqtada wants
"GHDAD - Muqtada al-Sadr is not at the conference on Iraq that opened on Thursday in Sharm-al-Sheikh, Egypt, even though he is, hands down, the most popular, and certainly the most charismatic, political leader in Iraq, with his ears finely tuned to the Shi'ite - and even...
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