Muqtada Al Sadr

The End of the Iraq War and the Beginning of an Election Year

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.18.2012

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Joseph A. Palermo

In today's parlance, Iraq looks like a war that was brought to us by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent, and attempting to further some ill-defined geopolitical goal of the 1 percent.

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Iraqi Leaders Wrestle With Decision To Let U.S. Military Trainers Stay

AP | REBECCA SANTANA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 12.04.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi leaders said Tuesday that they need U.S. military trainers to stay beyond a year-end deadline for American forces to leave but t...

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Al Sadr Warns U.S. Forces That Iraq Does Not Need Their Help

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 10.09.2011

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BAGHDAD — A powerful anti-American Shiite cleric called Tuesday on U.S. troops in Iraq to leave the country and go back to their families or ris...

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Joshua Hersh

Obama Administration Searching For A Way To Stay In Iraq?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is facing a major political and strategic dilemma as it debates a continued troop presence in Iraq after this y...

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China's Rising Military Power and What We Should Do About It

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Koch

Are we in a position to engage in a war with China? Not as long as we continue to be mired in the war in Afghanistan and have a substantial military presence in Iraq and rely on Pakistan.

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Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr: "Resist The US By All Means Necessary"

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr lambasted the American "enemy" in Iraq during his first speech in the country since returning from exile, fiery rh...

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Defeat in Iraq: Muqtada's Return

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

The return of Muqtada Al-Sadr, a junior Shia cleric and head of the Mehdi Army militia, from his refuge in Iran to a prominent role in Iraqi politics ...

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Anti-U.S. Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Returns To Iraq

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAJAF, Iraq — Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a fierce opponent of the United States and head of Iraq's most feared militia, came home We...

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U.S. Now Urging Iraq To Slow Down In Forming Government

Los Angeles Times | Liz Sly | Posted 05.25.2011

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After months of pressuring Iraqis to form a new government quickly, the U.S. is now urging them to slow down rather than rush into a deal that would r...

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Obama's "No, We Won't" Moment in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

The US political and military establishments have made numerous grave errors in judgment when it comes to Iraq policy, foremost of which is the choice...

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Civil War Still a Possibility in Iraq

Jeremy White | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy White

Yesterday's coordinated attacks by insurgents are a chilling sign that it is far too soon to be breathing sighs of relief over the state of Iraq.

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Exceptional Democracy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

If America is truly supposed to be exceptional in all things, why do other countries -- almost without exception -- decide our governmental structure isn't really for them, when it comes time to choose?

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The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Iraq

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Gonzalez

Tuesday's deadly coordinated bomb attacks against soft targets in Iraq bear the mark of a simmering Sunni insurgency. But the Sunni-Shia conflict has very little to do with personal religious grudges.

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Full US Withdrawal Demanded By Iraqi Cleric

CNN | Yousif Bassil and Jomana Karadsheh | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The ongoing presence of U.S. troops in Iraq "shows that the (Iraqi) government and the occupation are not serious about the wit...

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Obama's Missed Opportunity

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Zunes

If Obama expects to defeat John McCain, who indeed has more foreign policy experience, he must be more willing to challenge his opponent's record.

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Moqtada Al-Sadr Appears In Public For First Time In 2 Years

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moqtada al-Sadr, one of the most radical figures in Iraqi politics, made his first public appearance for two years when he paid a surprise visit to Tu...

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Iraqi Resistance Infighting

Fay Ferguson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fay Ferguson

The Supreme Command of Jihad and Liberation were due to meet with other groups opposed to US-backed prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to discuss plans for governance after US troops leave.

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Muqtada al-Sadr: Elections Will Hopefully Push Out American "Occupiers"

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A prominent anti-American Shiite cleric said Friday he hopes recent provincial elections will help unite Iraqis to push out the United...

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Petraeus versus the President?

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraq Rejects Draft Law Letting Non-US Troops Stay

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament rejected for the second time Saturday a draft law allowing foreign troops from countries other than the United State...

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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Real News

The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

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Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

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Iraqi Parliament's Troop Pact Debate Disrupted By Sadr Loyalists

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A heated parliamentary debate on the U.S.-Iraq security treaty was called to an early close Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. ...

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Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Soltz

Diplomacy is as important for keeping Iraq stable as it is for making sure that US troops are not targets of attacks by insurgents, or caught in the crossfire of an explosion of sectarian violence, as we begin to pull back.

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Iraq's Al-Sadr Renews Threats, Says US Must Withdraw

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's two most powerful Shiite clerics on Friday challenged the government's planned security pact with the United States, undercutti...

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