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  • July 2008

    • Iraq Insurgents Gain Deadly New Weapon

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT

      Iraq Insurgents Gain Deadly New Weapon

      Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post . Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including three US troops—and are being used with increasing frequency. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • bomb  • rocket attacks  • IED  • Shiite insurgents  • rocket

  • April 2008

    • Green Zone Strike Kills 2 in Sandstorm

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 27, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      Green Zone Strike Kills 2 in Sandstorm

      Hidden in a sandstorm, militants struck the US-protected Green Zone in Baghdad today and killed at least two Iraqis, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mortar or rocket attack, which also wounded 25, came just 2 days after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered members of his Mahdi Army to end recent fighting. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Baghdad  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City  • Green Zone  • Shiite insurgents

    • US Finds New Iran-Made Weapons In Iraq

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 25, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      US Finds New Iran-Made Weapons In Iraq

      The US military has discovered several caches of newly made Iranian weapons inside Iraq, reports the Wall Street Journal . The collection of mortars, rockets, and explosives had time stamps indicating that they were manufactured within the last 60 days, leading Washington officials to conclude that Tehran is still funneling armaments to Shiite extremist groups within Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • US military  • Shiite insurgents  • arms  • arms exports

  • March 2008

    • Brits Join the Fight in Basra

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

      Brits Join the Fight in Basra

      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

    • Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

      Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the country—a sniper "trained in Iran," US military said.  More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Taliban  • US military  • Baghdad  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Green Zone  • Tehran  • Jalal Talabani  • Shiite insurgents  • Sunni leaders  • explosively formed penetrators

  • October 2007

    • Wary Iraqis Probe US Raid on Sadr City

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 22, 07 11:31 AM CDT

      Wary Iraqis Probe US Raid on Sadr City

      Iraqi officials are sorting through conflicting reports of an American raid in the Baghdad Shiite enclave of Sadr City yesterday that the US military said killed 49 "criminals" and Iraqis said left 17 people dead, including an elderly woman and several babies, and many wounded. The civilian casualties provoked another round of charges that the American military uses excessive force; PM Nuri al-Maliki met with Gen. David Petraeus to protest the killings, CNN reported. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Sadr City  • civilian casualties  • Shiite insurgents

  • September 2007

    • Gun Battle, Airstrikes in Baghdad Kill 14

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 6, 07 9:20 PM CDT

      Gun Battle, Airstrikes in Baghdad Kill 14

      US and Iraqi forces backed by airstrikes clashed with suspected members of Shiite militias today in a gun battle that killed 14 Iraqis and wounded nine, reports the LA Times. US officials said soldiers were ambushed by more than a dozen rooftop gunmen, but a spokesman for anti-US cleric Muqtada Sadr called the airstrikes a ploy “to terrify innocent people.” More »

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      al-Qaeda  • US military  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • airstrike  • Iraq violence  • Shiite insurgents

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