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  • April 2008

    • Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      CNN  |  Apr 8, 08 3:02 PM CDT

      Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      (Newser) - Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today threatened to end the cease-fire he imposed last year on his Mahdi militia, CNN reports, and called off a massive protest set for tomorrow, the fifth anniversary of the end of Saddam Hussein’s rule. Hundreds had converged on Baghdad—despite orders to keep young men out—before Sadr called off the event. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • Saddam Hussein  • Sadr City  • Shia  • Iraq Civil War  • Sadrists

    • US Presence in Iraq Open-Ended in Secret Pact

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 8, 08 7:03 AM CDT

      US Presence in Iraq Open-Ended in Secret Pact

      (Newser) - US officials and the Iraqi government plan to authorize an open-ended American presence in Iraq, according to a secret draft of an agreement between the two nations. The March 7 draft, leaked to the Guardian , is intended to replace the current UN mandate authorizing operations that expires this year. The new plan would give the US authority to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary." More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Iraq exit strategy  • military presence

    • Split Deepens Between Iraqi Shiites

      Washington Post  |  Apr 7, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Split Deepens Between Iraqi Shiites

      (Newser) - As violence between Sunni and Shiites has subsided in Iraq, animosity between Shiite sects is mounting, with a death toll to match, the Washington Post reports. The government's offensive last week against Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia in Basra exposed the grim reality of a widening political gulf. “They are our brothers," said a Mahdi Army leader. "But their political positions have changed them.” More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council  • Abdul Aziz Al Hakim

    • Iraqi PM: No Elections for Militias

      Associated Press  |  Apr 7, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      Iraqi PM: No Elections for Militias

      (Newser) - Muqtada al-Sadr and his loyalists will be banned from upcoming elections if the Mahdi Army doesn't disband, Nouri al-Maliki said today, in his toughest rhetoric yet against the popular cleric. Sadrists say the Iraqi PM has no constitutional power to make that threat, but even if lawmakers succeed in banning parties that operate militias, the backlash could be violent, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Iraq government  • Sadr City  • Green Zone  • Sadrists  • Iraqi militias

    • Baghdad Rockets Kill 3 US Soldiers, Wound 31

      CNN  |  Apr 6, 08 5:18 PM CDT

      Baghdad Rockets Kill 3 US Soldiers, Wound 31

      (Newser) - Battles erupted in Baghdad today as rocket attacks killed three US soldiers and wounded 31, CNN reports. The first strike killed one and wounded 14 at a military outpost; “a couple of rounds of fire” killed two more and wounded 17 in the Green Zone soon after, a military official said. Earlier, US troops fought cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, killing at least 20 and wounding 52 in Baghdad, the AFP reports. More »

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      US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • American troops  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • death toll  • Shiite militia  • casualties

    • Iraqi Official Calls Blackwater Deal 'Bad News'

      CNN  |  Apr 5, 08 4:24 PM CDT

      Iraqi Official Calls Blackwater Deal 'Bad News'

      (Newser) - An Iraqi official called the renewal of Blackwater USA's contract "bad news" today, CNN reports. "I personally am not happy with this, especially because they have committed acts of aggression, killed Iraqis," said the adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. With many in Baghdad upset about it, he said he may press officials to contest the contract renewal. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • Iraq government  • Iraq contractors  • security contractors

    • Basra Showed Maliki Weakness, al-Sadr Strength

      Washington Post  |  Apr 4, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Basra Showed Maliki Weakness, al-Sadr Strength

      (Newser) - The Iraqi-led assault on Basra last week exposed the weaknesses of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the strength of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Washington Post concludes in its post-mortem of the unsuccessful foray. In not engaging parliament, political allies, or the Americans in planning the incursion, Maliki sought to demonstrate decisiveness, but showed ineptness instead. More »

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      Iran  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra

    • Iraqi PM Flips, Calls Off Raids on Militias

      Associated Press  |  Apr 4, 08 9:48 AM CDT

      Iraqi PM Flips, Calls Off Raids on Militias

      (Newser) - Nouri al Maliki reversed course today, ordering a stop to raids against suspected Mahdi Army militants. The move is an apparent olive branch to Shiite rival Muqtada al Sadr, who had complained that raids against his militia fighters were continuing, even after he’d ordered them off the streets. Just yesterday, Maliki was calling for raids in both Basra and Sadr City. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Basra

    • 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

      New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 5:00 AM CDT

      1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

      (Newser) - Desertions from Iraqi forces during last week's Basra battles have raised fresh doubts about the effectiveness of the country's US-trained security forces, the New York Times reports. Over 1,000 soldiers and policemen—including dozens of officers—either deserted or refused to fight. The US has linked American troop withdrawals to the readiness of Iraqi forces to take charge. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop withdrawal  • Basra  • Shiite militia  • Iraq Army  • Sadrists  • Iraq police  • Iraqi security forces  • desertion

    • Iraqi Assault on Basra Was 'Thrown Together'

      New York Times  |  Apr 3, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Iraqi Assault on Basra Was 'Thrown Together'

      (Newser) - American officials were expecting a gradual, methodical operation when Nouri al-Maliki moved Iraqi troops into Basra to restore order in the city. What they witnessed instead was a rush job: an Iraqi raid that had little forethought and began even before the last of the soldiers had arrived. "He went in with a stick and he poked a hornet's nest," one coalition official told the New York Times . More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • Ryan Crocker  • Sadrists  • Iraqi militias

  • March 2008

    • Brits Join the Fight in Basra

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT

      Brits Join the Fight in Basra

      (Newser) - As the Iraqi army struggles to combat militias in Basra, British troops for the first time directly joined the fight, and American forces expanded their bombing beyond the militia stronghold. The Brits, who had previously provided only logistical and air support to the Iraqis, fired on an insurgent mortar team in Bosra, the Telegraph reports. Moqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, told his soldiers not to surrender their weapons. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • British troops  • Shiite insurgents  • British

    • Criticism Dogs Basra Battle

      CNN  |  Mar 29, 08 5:33 AM CDT

      Criticism Dogs Basra Battle

      (Newser) - As US troops are drawn deeper into the four-day-old Iraqi crackdown on militants in Basra,  critics see a long and difficult road ahead. While President Bush praised the operation as a "defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," military officials murmured that the battle "is going to go on for a while," CNN reports. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Basra  • Shiite militants

    • US Joins Basra Battle; Maliki Extends Deadline

      BBC  |  Mar 28, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      US Joins Basra Battle; Maliki Extends Deadline

      (Newser) - Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki today gave Shia militants in Basra 10 more days to turn over their weapons, as fighting continued in Iraq’s third largest city. The US, meanwhile, made its first moves in the fight, bombing Mahdi Army positions, the BBC reports. Muqtada al Sadr, the radical cleric who leads the Shia militias, called last night for a political solution to end the fighting that has claimed 130 lives. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Basra

    • Iraqi Lawmakers to Meet as Violence Escalates

      Reuters  |  Mar 27, 08 9:45 PM CDT

      Iraqi Lawmakers to Meet as Violence Escalates

      (Newser) - Iraqi lawmakers will hold an emergency session in Baghdad tomorrow to try to find a way to resolve the escalating violence in Basra and the capital, Reuters reports. Baghdad, its Green Zone rocked by steady rocket and mortar fire, is now under a three-day curfew, and the State Department ordered US personnel to stay indoors. Militias in Basra, meanwhile, stood their ground for a third straight day against Iraq's security forces.  More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • Iraq Civil War  • Sadrists

    • Bush Praises Iraqi Offensive

      Associated Press  |  Mar 27, 08 4:47 PM CDT

      Bush Praises Iraqi Offensive

      (Newser) - President Bush praised the government of Iraq today for the offensive launched three days ago against militias in Basra, painting it as a sign of progress toward the goals of the US war, the AP reports. Bush also criticized Congress for calling for troop withdrawals so the military’s attention could be turned to anti-terrorism efforts elsewhere, such as Afghanistan. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Iraq exit strategy  • Iraq pullout  • Mahdi Army  • Basra  • Iraq government  • Iraq Civil War  • Iraq reconstruction  • Iraq mess

    • Sadrists Resist Crackdown, Demand Maliki's Ouster

      Reuters  |  Mar 27, 08 6:25 AM CDT

      Sadrists Resist Crackdown, Demand Maliki's Ouster

      (Newser) - Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad today, denouncing Nouri al-Maliki's US-backed government as non-representative, while the onslaught in Basra continued for a third day. Explosions were heard in the city every 10 to 15 minutes and more than 100 are already dead, Reuters reports. Residents of Iraq's second-largest city, the capital of oil production, have described the fighting as the worst since the 2003 US invasion. More »

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      Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • Iraq Civil War  • Sadrists

    • Iraq PM Threatens Sadrists as Basra Explodes

      BBC  |  Mar 26, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Iraq PM Threatens Sadrists as Basra Explodes

      (Newser) - As Iraqi government forces battle Shia militants for a second day in Basra, the Iraqi prime minister has issued a 72-hour deadline for insurgents to lay down their arms. In a television broadcast, Nouri al-Maliki warned militants, many of them loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, to stand down or "face the most severe penalties," reports the BBC. Maliki, and not the American military, is directing the Basra operation. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Basra  • Shiite militia

    • Iraqi Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Basra

      Reuters  |  Mar 25, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      Iraqi Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Basra

      (Newser) - Iraqi security forces fought pitched gun battles through the streets of Basra today, trying to wrest control of the oil-rich city from Mahdi Army militants. An enraged Muqtada al Sadr promised a “civil revolt” if the attacks on his faction didn’t stop and ordered police cleared from the streets of his Sadr City slum stronghold in Baghdad, Reuters reports. More »

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      Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Basra  • Sadr City

    • Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

      AFP  |  Mar 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

      (Newser) - Leading Iraq war architect Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, beginning a nine-day Middle East tour by promising Iraq the "unwavering commitment of the United States in finishing the difficult work that lies ahead." John McCain, traveling as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, simultaneously met with other Iraqi leaders in the capital, AFP reports. More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq  • Iraq war  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Dick Cheney  • Ryan Crocker  • Green Zone  • Jalal Talabani

    • McCain Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 16, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      McCain Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

      (Newser) - John McCain made a surprise visit to Baghdad this morning, where he will meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Gen. David Petraeus, and US troops. Details were sketchy for security reasons. McCain, who has linked his political hopes to success in Iraq, has begun a tour of the Mideast and Europe to position himself for the general election as a world leader, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq  • Iraq war  • Israel  • France  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • England  • Jordan

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