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  • May 2008

    • Sadr Cultivates Respect, Image to Reflect Power

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 27, 08 1:49 PM CDT

      Sadr Cultivates Respect, Image to Reflect Power

      Muqtada al-Sadr aims to shed his reputation as a dim-witted thug and become a respected Iraqi cleric like his father, the Washington Post reports, and has even spent the past year studying in Iran. Sadr, then nicknamed "Muqtada Atari" for his love of video games, was 25 when the 1999 assassination of his father left him head of Iraq's largest Shiite opposition group. More »

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      Iraq  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City  • Sadrists  • Shiite cleric  • cleric

  • April 2008

    • Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 8, 08 3:02 PM CDT

      Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      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

    • Iraqi PM: No Elections for Militias

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

      Iraqi PM: No Elections for Militias

      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

    • 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

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

      1,000 Iraqis Deserted Basra Battle

      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'

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

      Iraqi Assault on Basra Was 'Thrown Together'

      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

    • Iraqi Lawmakers to Meet as Violence Escalates

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 27, 08 9:45 PM CDT

      Iraqi Lawmakers to Meet as Violence Escalates

      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

    • Sadrists Resist Crackdown, Demand Maliki's Ouster

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 27, 08 6:25 AM CDT

      Sadrists Resist Crackdown, Demand Maliki's Ouster

      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

  • February 2008

    • Sadr Extends Ceasefire 6 Months

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 22, 08 7:38 AM CST

      Sadr Extends Ceasefire 6 Months

      Muqtada al-Sadr has extended the ceasefire of his Mahdi Army by six months, writes the Wall Street Journal , confirming yesterday's rumors from US officials. At midday prayers across Iraq imams read out the announcement of the Shiite cleric, who had been under pressure from some of his followers to allow the ceasefire to expire tomorrow. More »

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      Iraq  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • ceasefire  • Sadrists  • Shiite cleric

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