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Full US Withdrawal Demanded By Iraqi Cleric

CNN | Yousif Bassil and Jomana Karadsheh | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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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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Al Sadr To Move Base Of Operations To Iran

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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NAJAF, Iraq — Militant Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr plans to make a series of short visits to Iraq starting within weeks but has decided to mak...

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Reading The Pictures: Latest Cover For Iraq's Core Meltdown

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

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2008-08-08-nyt_shaw_iraq.jpgRemarkable, isn't it, how this cover -- illustrating Sunday's NYT Mag lead story on Iraq -- manages to reduce what is otherwise Russian Roulette with a Rubik's Cube to a one-liner?

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Al-Sadr's Top Official Arrested In Amarah

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops arrested the mayor of the southern city of Amarah on Thursday, raising tensions with followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtad...

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Al-Sadr Loyalists Pushing For Public Referendum On US-Iraq Security Deal

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local po...

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US ambassador: al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime...

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Baghdad Green Zone Bombarded With Rockets

Huffington Post | Posted 05.05.2008 | Home

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Reuters reports that the U.S. Green Zone in Baghdad was bombarded by rockets in one of the heaviest assaults in weeks on the fortified compound: Mili...

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Iraq Militants Bombard US Green Zone With Rockets, Defy al-Sadr's Call For Cease-Fire

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed and Peter Graff | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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Militants bombarded Baghdad's Green Zone with rockets on Sunday, taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest ...

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Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Followers of hardline cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Sunday in the showdown with Iraq's government, refusing to disband thei...

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Al-Sadr Threatens "Open War" On Iraq Government

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday threatened "open war" against the government unless it chose what he called the "path of peace." In ...

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Anti-US Cleric's Cease-Fire in Doubt

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility...

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