US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia
BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...
BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
A cease-fire with Muqtada al Sadr and his loyalists in the Mahd army is showing signs of deterioration. The agreement, which has been critical to the...
Associated Press | Bradley Brooks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Thousands of followers of a radical cleric took to Baghdad's streets after Friday prayers to protest a triple car bombing in one of their southern str...
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia movement has quietly resumed seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah _ a goal that could ...
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics