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NEWS ABOUT: Shiite insurgents

Shiite insurgents stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - The Iraq government has tightly restricted the movements and activities of American troops remaining in cities, and some commanders blame the restrictions for a rise in attacks, the Washington Post. The day after Iraqis celebrated the pullback of US troops to outside cities, Iraq ordered the US military to cease... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • Iraq government • Shiite insurgents • Iraq Army • Iraq war • al-Qaeda in Iraq

US Officers: We Executed Handcuffed Iraqi Captives

Prisoners were killed to avenge platoon's losses, investigators told

Aug 27, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three US officers shot four blindfolded and handcuffed Iraqi detainees early last year and dumped their bodies in a canal, according to statements made to military investigators and obtained by the New York Times. The men are likely to face murder charges. Four others from the same platoon have been... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • execution • US Army • Shiite insurgents • detainees

 Iraq Insurgents Gain
 Deadly New Weapon 

Rocket-bomb attacks can kill dozens at a time

Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Green Zone
 Strike Kills 2
 in Sandstorm 

Violence comes after al-Sadr's plea to end fighting

Apr 27, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 US Finds New Iran-Made
 Weapons In Iraq 

Discovery suggests Tehran reneging on pledge to stop helping militants

Apr 25, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Brits Join the Fight in Basra

US widens its airstrikes, and Sadr tells followers to keep their weapons

Mar 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Ahmadinejad
to Visit Iraq

First-ever trip by an Iranian prez upsets Sunnis, poses security risk to hosts

Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Wary Iraqis Probe US Raid on Sadr City

Civilian casualties in firefight stir charges
of excessive force

Oct 22, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Gun Battle, Airstrikes in Baghdad Kill 14

US cites ambush by Shiite militia; Sadr says victims were civilians

Sep 6, 07 9:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mahdi Army • US military • Operation Lightning Hammer II • Iraq violence • Shiite insurgents • airstrike • al-Qaeda • Muqtada al-Sadr

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