Iraq Shiites

Shiite groups form new alliance excluding Iraqi PM

AP | By KIM GAMEL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The Iranian-backed Shiite parties that helped propel Iraq's prime minister into power three years ago dumped him Monday as their candi...

Shiites In Iraq Show Restraint Despite Repeated Sunni Attacks

nytimes.com | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


BAGHDAD Shiite clerics and politicians have been successfully urging their followers not to retaliate against a fierce campaign of sectarian bombings,...

The Bomb That Changed Iraq Forever

New York Times | Yusra al-Hakeem | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics


Dozens of bombs blew up in Iraq every day, hundreds of sirens went off, tearing through the silence of the nights and the noise of the days, torn body...

AP: Iraqi Prime Minister Left Politically Battered And Humbled

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-S...

Iranian General Who Brokered Iraq Cease-Fire Named On US Terror Watch List

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel and Leila Fadel | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home


The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Ira...

Al-Sadr Pulls Fighters Off Streets

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday bu...

Iraq Fighting Underscores Power Struggle

The Guardian | Sam Kiley | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home


For once, George Bush's open-faced incomprehension - at Nouri al-Maliki's decision to set off a civil war inside Iraq's Shia community - seems entirel...

George Bush: Spiraling Iraq Violence "A Very Positive Moment"

Think Progress | Posted 04.04.2008 | Home


Violence continues across southern Iraq today, as radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening to end his crucial cease-fire by calling for th...

Iraq: Shiite Stronghold Is Not Safe

AP | JOHN AFFLECK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — The death toll rose Friday to 68 from twin bombings whose blow also reverberated beyond the body count: showing that insurgents can st...

Iraqi PM: al-Qaida Chased From Baghdad

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Friday that U.S. and Iraqi troops have chased al-Qaida in Iraq out of Baghdad in the year since a security ...