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Muqtada Al Sadr

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Iraq: Sadr City cease-fire signed after weeks of fighting

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | May 12, 2008

Read More: Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al Sadr Cease-Fire, Sadre City Fighting, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Iraq's main Shiite political bloc and supporters of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signed a fragile cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City on Monday, hoping to end seven weeks of fighting that has left hundreds dead. But the U.S. military...

Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Dropping Biscuits, Not Bombs with John & Cindy McCain

Jewell Rae Jeffers | Posted April 30, 2008 | Living

Read More: Cindy McCain, Cindy McCain Recipes, Drop Biscuit Recipes, Jimi Hendrix, John McCain, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Recipe-Gate, The Food Network

Dear Cindy,

Steal this recipe. Call it an "Old McCain Family Favorite" if you please, a Sunday morning staple that John's grandmother lovingly patted out on a flour covered biscuit board. Your recent "recipe-gate" fiasco, in which you allegedly appropriated a recipe off The Food Network website and called it...

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Al-Sadr Considers Restarting Full-Scale Fight Against US-Led Forces

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | April 24, 2008

Read More: Iraq, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Shia, Shia Militias, Shiite Cleric Al-Sadr, Shiite Militias, Us Forces, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces _ a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow...

Rice Links al-Sadr, Bush & Cheney

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted April 21, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Rice Iraq, Rice Sadr, Vietnam War

Has anyone noticed that Condoleeza Rice, speaking in Baghdad on Sunday, unintentionally but tellingly ridiculed President Bush and Vice President Cheney while mocking hardline Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?

The American Secretary of State branded the Shiite militia leader a coward for threatening to declare war unless the United States and...

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Condoleezza Rice Mocks Al-Sadr As A Coward

Associated Press | April 21, 2008 09:30 AM

Read More: Iraq War, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr Cease Fire, Sadrists Truce, War In Iraq, Warwire

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers. Rice, in the Iraqi...

Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | April 19, 2008

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Wire, Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." A full-blown uprising by al-Sadr, who led two rebellions...

US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08

AP | ROBERT H. REID | April 12, 2008

Read More: Iraq War, Mahdi Army, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr City, Sadr City Violence, Sadr Violence, Warwire

BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in its...

The Pet Iraq

Ian Gurvitz | Posted April 8, 2008 | Politics

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Sadr Will Disband Mahdi Army If Instructed By Clerics

Reuters | Khaled Farhan | April 7, 2008 10:52 AM

Read More: Mahdi Army, Mahdi Army Disband, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr Cease Fire, Sadr Mahdi Army, Sadrists Truce, Warwire

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said on Monday. The surprise announcement came on the day Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in a...

John McCain Falsely Claims Sadr Declared Ceasefire -- Again!

Think Progress | April 6, 2008 11:42 AM

Read More: Iraq Cease-Fire, Iraq Militias, John McCain, John McCain 2008, McCain Iraq, McCain Sadr, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr Cease Fire

Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the ceasefire in Basra last week, which he pointed to as proof that Sadr didn't "think he was winning" the battle...

Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | April 6, 2008 11:36 AM

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq Fighting, Iraq Violence, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr City, Shiite Militias, Shiites, Warwire

Twenty-two people were killed and 55 wounded in clashes in Baghdad, police said on Sunday, the worst eruption of violence in the capital since Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called his fighters off the streets a week ago. The violence in...

Iran Confirms Role In Brokering Iraq Truce

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | April 5, 2008

Read More: Iran Mahdi Army, Iran Shiite Militias, Mahdi Army, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr Cease Fire, Sadrists Truce

TEHRAN, Iran — Officials in Iran confirmed for the first time Saturday that the country played an important role in brokering a recent truce between the Iraqi government and anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Iran's Shiite government helped end the...

Bomb, Bomb, Iran?

Hooman Majd | Posted April 4, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Basra, Basra Fighting, Iran, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Iraq, John McCain, Mahdi Army, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Ryan Crocker

While most Americans (and the writers on and visitors to this site, as well as most of the media) remained largely focused on the race for the democratic nomination (and the subject of race within that race), a little war within a war erupted last week in Iraq, and then...

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Al-Sadr Calls for Anti-US Protest

AP | April 3, 2008

Read More: Al-Sadr March, Iraq Basra, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Moqtada Al-Sadr Basra, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr March, Warwire

NAJAF, Iraq — The office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Thursday for a "million-strong" turnout for an anti-American demonstration next week to mark the fifth anniversary of the capture of Baghdad by invading U.S. troops. The statement said...

Shiite Cleric al-Sadr Calls For Million-Strong March Against US In Iraq

Reuters | Peter Graff and Ahmed Rasheed | April 3, 2008 03:11 PM

Read More: Iraq War, Mahdi Army, March In, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Shiite Militias, Shiites, War In Iraq, Warwire

Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for 1 million Iraqis to march against U.S. "occupation" next week after his Mehdi Army militia battled U.S. and government troops. The government said it would not attempt to block the march if...

Shiite Fighting In Iraq Exposes Weakness Of Iraqi Security Forces

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | April 2, 2008 06:12 PM

Read More: Al-Sadr Surge, Iraq Surge, Iraq War, Iraqi Government, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Nouri Al-Maliki, Shiite Militias, Shiites, The Surge, Us Iraq Surge, Warwire

This week, the final U.S. Army brigade deployed to Baghdad as part of the troop surge returns to the United States. And that's only appropriate, as the inter-Shiite conflict between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and forces loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr...

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McCain Clueless, Contradictory On al-Sadr's Influence In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | April 2, 2008 03:24 PM

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, John McCain Gaffe, John McCain Iraq Surge, McCain Iraq, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Success Of The Surge

For all of John McCain's claims to both foreign policy experience and a keen understanding on what needs to be done in Iraq, it seems that with each passing day there is a new gaffe or statement that should cause...

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Al-Sadr Stronghold Brims With Confidence

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | April 2, 2008

Read More: Iraq Government, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Shiite Militias, Shiites, Sunnis, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a fallen comrade as a U.S. helicopter gunship hovers above. The Baghdad district of Sadr City bears...

Maliki Asks Iran to Get al-Sadr to Ceasefire -- And John McCain Declares "Victory!"

Paul Abrams | Posted April 1, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Maliki, Al-Qaeda, Debacle, Iraq War, John McCain, Kuwait, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Saudi Arabia, Shia, Sunni

The entire rationale for McCain's run for president is that he was for the surge before there was a surge, and, now, that surge is "a success." This is supposed to show that McCain is experienced in defense and foreign policy.

In the last two weeks we have witnessed this...

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AP: Iraqi Prime Minister Left Politically Battered And Humbled

AP | ROBERT H. REID | March 31, 2008

Read More: Iraq Prime Minister, Iraq Shiites, Iraq War, Mahdi Army, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Nouri Al-Maliki, Shiite Militias, Shiites, Southern Iraq, War On Terror, Warwire

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-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed...

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