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

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces _ a wor...

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Rice Links al-Sadr, Bush & Cheney

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Speaking in Baghdad on Sunday, Rice unintentionally but tellingly ridiculed Bush and Cheney while mocking hardline Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?

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Condoleezza Rice Mocks Al-Sadr As A Coward

Associated Press | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to de...

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

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against h...

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US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clash...

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Sadr Will Disband Mahdi Army If Instructed By Clerics

Reuters | Khaled Farhan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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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 s...

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John McCain Falsely Claims Sadr Declared Ceasefire -- Again!

Think Progress | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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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 w...

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Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

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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...

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Iran Confirms Role In Brokering Iraq Truce

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

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TEHRAN, Iran — Officials in Iran confirmed for the first time Saturday that the country played an important role in brokering a recent truce bet...

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Al-Sadr Calls for Anti-US Protest

AP | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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NAJAF, Iraq — The office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Thursday for a "million-strong" turnout for an anti-American demonstrat...

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

Reuters | Peter Graff and Ahmed Rasheed | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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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 battl...

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Shiite Fighting In Iraq Exposes Weakness Of Iraqi Security Forces

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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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 th...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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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 p...

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Al-Sadr Stronghold Brims With Confidence

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD — Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a...

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AP: Iraqi Prime Minister Left Politically Battered And Humbled

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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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...

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Al-Sadr Pulls Fighters Off Streets

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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

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Iraq Fighting Underscores Power Struggle

The Guardian | Sam Kiley | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home

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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...

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

Think Progress | Posted 04.04.2008 | Home

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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...

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Militiamen Holding Out in Basra Fighting

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes...

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US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...

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