Sadr City

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Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City

AP   |  SINAN SALAHEDDIN   |   May 10, 2008


BAGHDAD — Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq. Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide...

Prolonging The Inevitable

John Bruhns | Posted May 9, 2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

Once again the U.S. military is conducting major combat operations in Baghdad's Sadr City slum. Urban street fighting, daytime air strikes, refugees fleeing, the whole 9 yards. The targets are Shiite extremists who have been killing our troops and obstructing the so-called progress of a freely elected Iraqi government....

Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate

McClatchy   |  Leila Fadel   |   May 8, 2008 08:04 PM


Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the northeast Shiite slum of Sadr City and to move to temporary shelters on two soccer fields. The military's...

Reading The Pictures: American Bombing Of Sadr City: Like Qana, But Without The Attention?

Michael Shaw | Posted May 1, 2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

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Now that the U.S. -- desperate to protect the Green Zone, and avoid a Saigon-style evacuation -- is actively bombing Sadr City, what is the difference between what the Americans are doing , and what the Israelis did in Qana during the '06...

Iran Tom Toms

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 30, 2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If you listen very carefully, above the din of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's nonsensical theatrical performances, the distant sound of war drums in the Persian Gulf are growing increasingly audible.

Two weeks ago, when Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker appeared before Congress, they testified that Iran had greatly accelerated its...

When The Going Gets Tough, The Iraqi Army Gets Americans

Peter Smith | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics


Peter Smith

BAGHDAD -- A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.
The retreat left a crucial stretch of road on the front lines undefended for hours and led to a tense...

Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes

AP   |  SAMEER N. YACOUB   |   April 16, 2008


BAGHDAD — Clashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a U.S. drone fired two missiles in Basra and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops battled in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum. The airstrike in Basra _ which the military said...

US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08

AP   |  ROBERT H. REID   |   April 12, 2008


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...

Ten Questions for General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 7, 2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

When Gen. Petreaus and Amb. Crocker appear before both houses of Congress tomorrow and Thursday, Democrats should ideally position themselves through these hearings to achieve the following overarching goals:

-- Debunk the fiction that the military surge has achieved sustainable military or political objectives.

-- Undermine Sen. McCain's argument that...

Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

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


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...

Poll: Civilian Toll In Iraq Could Top 1 Million

Los Angeles Times   |  Tina Susman   |   September 14, 2007 10:39 PM


A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million....

 

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