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'Critical' Cease-Fire In Iraq Appearing To Unravel

McClatchy | Leila Fadel and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Cease-Fire, Warwire, Moktada Al-Sadr, Sunnis, Iraq War, Shiites and Sunnis, Shiites, War in Iraq, Home News

A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqta...

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Divisions Mar Iraq Unity Meeting

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, War in Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Sunni Iraq Accordance Front, Iraq Reconciliation Event, Sunnis Boycott Iraq Reconciliation Event, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Major Sunni and Shiite political blocs Tuesday boycotted a national conference aimed at reconciling Iraq's rival communities _ undersc...

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Iraq: Shiite Stronghold Is Not Safe

AP | JOHN AFFLECK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, Shiites, Iraq Shiites, Iraq Violence, Politics News

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

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Sunni Forces Losing Patience With US, Volunteers Abandoning Posts

Washington Post | Sudarsan Raghavan and Amit R. Paley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Sunni Forces, Frustrated Sunnis, Us Force Sunni Forces, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

U.S.-backed Sunni volunteer forces, which have played a vital role in reducing violence in Iraq, are increasingly frustrated with the American militar...

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Anti-US Cleric's Cease-Fire in Doubt

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War on Terror, Al-Sadr, Shiites, Sunnis, Al-Sadr Ceasefire, Politics News

BAGHDAD — With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility...

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Iraqi PM: al-Qaida Chased From Baghdad

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Shiite Mosques, Iraq Surge, Sunni Militias, Warwire, War in Iraq, Success of the Surge, Shiites, Politics News

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 ...

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Iraq: 4 Killed in US Raid

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, War in Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq, War on Terror, Baghdad, Mass Grave Baghdad, Sectarian Violence, Shiites, Sunnis, Politics News

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military faced complaints Tuesday from its Sunni allies over claims that more civilians had been killed by American forces _ ...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 18 North of Baghdad

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq Suicide Bombing, Sunnies, Shiites, Politics News

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday, killing 18 people in th...

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Violence Mars Shiite Holiday In Iraq

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD — Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims clambered aboard buses or began trekking homeward on foot Saturday at the end of Ashoura, a 10...

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Iraq National Security Advisor: The "Government Is At A Stalemate"

Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq National Security, Iraq, Kurds, Iraq Government, Iraq Parliment, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

Iraq's government is at a stalemate. As in the United States, there is much discussion here of the need for political reconciliation. What does that m...

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Turkish Warplanes Bomb Northern Iraq For 3rd Time This Week

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: u.s.-Backed Sunni Groups, Sunni Militias, Warwire, War, War in Iraq, Shiite Militias, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Sunnis and Shiites, Politics News

Turkey has the right to defend itself against Kurdish rebels based in Iraq but must make sure it does not destabilize its neighbor, the U.S. ambassado...

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Mass Graves Discovered Near 'Torture Center' In Northern Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Kurds, Torture Center Northern Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq, Sunnis, Northern Iraq, Shiites, Politics News

...Meanwhile, U.S. soldiers carrying out operations in volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad found mass graves next to what they called a torture ...

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Maverick Shiite Cleric Al-Sadr Resumes Studies To Attain Powerful "Ayatollah" Title

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sectarian Violence, Warwire, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Iraq, Iraq War, Shiites, War in Iraq, Politics News

The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia movement has quietly resumed seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah _ a goal that could ...

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