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  • May 2008

    • Hezbollah Militants School Iraqi Fighters in Iran: US

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 5, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Hezbollah Militants School Iraqi Fighters in Iran: US

      Hezbollah is helping to train Iraqi militants in Iran, the US claims in a report to Iraq’s government. The information, obtained during US questioning of captured Shiite fighters, suggests Iran is quietly aiding the militia, despite repeated claims it’s not interfering in internal Iraqi matters, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Hezbollah  • Shiite militants  • Iraqi militias

  • April 2008

    • Iraqi Army Rescues British Journalist

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 14, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Iraqi Army Rescues British Journalist

      Iraqi troops rescued British photojournalist Richard Butler during a raid in Basra today, the Daily Telegraph reports. Storming a suburban house, soldiers found Butler with a hood over his head, but apparently unharmed. Butler had been working in Basra for CBS when he was abducted—by what were thought to be Shiite militiamen—from his hotel 2 months ago. More »

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      Iraq  • Basra  • Iraq Army  • Iraqi militias  • photojournalist  • Richard Butler

    • 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

    • 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
  • February 2008

    • Basra Awash in Violence as It Tests Self-Rule

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 23, 08 2:31 PM CST

      Basra Awash in Violence as It Tests Self-Rule

      Basra is supposed to be a shining example of Iraqi self-rule, but the city remains riven by violence five months after British forces pulled out and left local leaders in control, the New York Times reports. Dozens of Shia militias are competing for power, and murders and kidnappings of prominent city figures are common. Militants have killed more than 100 women deemed impure. More »

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      Iraq  • Shiite  • Basra  • coalition forces  • Iraqi militias  • religious violence

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