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Muqtada al-Sadr stories: 86 news summaries

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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

 US Joins Basra Battle;
Maliki Extends Deadline

Maliki extends deadline as fighting continues

Mar 28, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Iraqi Lawmakers to Meet
as Violence Escalates

Baghdad under curfew as militants in Basra hold their ground

Mar 27, 08 9:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Bush Praises Iraqi Offensive 

President scolds Congress' calls for withdrawal

Mar 27, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Sadrists Resist Crackdown, 
 Demand Maliki's Ouster  

Intra-Shiite battle pounds on in Basra

Mar 27, 08 6:25 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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

 Iraq PM Threatens Sadrists as Basra Explodes 

'Moment of truth' as government battles Shiite militias

Mar 26, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Iraqi Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Basra

Sadr promises 'civil revolt'

Mar 25, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

US Death Toll
in Iraq War
Hits 4,000

Latest roadside bombing kills 4 American servicemen

Mar 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A roadside bomb yesterday killed 4 US servicemen, hiking the American death toll in the Iraq war to at least 4,000, AP reports. Another soldier was wounded in the blast, which came less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the war. At least 61 other people died... More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • US military • Iraq death toll • death toll • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

British Hostage Appears on
Arab Television

One of 5 missing
since May asks for prisoner exchange

Feb 27, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the five British men kidnapped in Baghdad eight months ago appeared on Arab television last night, begging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to free nine Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the Britons. “Release their people so that we can go home. It’s as simple as that,"... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Gordon Brown • kidnapping • Peter Moore • Garda-World • Bearing Point • Muqtada al-Sadr • al-Arabiya • al-Jazeera • hostage

Attacks on Shiite Pilgrims Jeopardize Sadr Ceasefire

Bombings continue with wheelchair attack

Feb 25, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A wave of violence against Shiite pilgrims continued today, with at least seven dying in a pair of roadside bombings, and nerves fraying over an unpopular ceasefire. Shiites are observing one of their most sacred holidays despite a spate of attacks—today's plus at least three yesterday—that are straining... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Shiite • Sunnis • ceasefire • Arbaeen • pilgrimage • Muqtada al-Sadr

Militias Shell Green Zone
in Baghdad

Assault on US-protected compound
could hurt al-Sadr's credibility

Feb 23, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A volley of rockets or mortar rounds hit Iraq’s Green Zone today, causing no injuries except perhaps to the credibility of a Shiite militia cease-fire extended just one day ago. The AP reports that nearly 10 explosions were heard inside the zone, which houses the American embassy, Iraqi government... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • troop surge • Green Zone • US military • Sunnis • Shiite militia • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Muqtada al-Sadr

Sadr Extends Ceasefire 6 Months

Rumors confirmed as cleric calls on Mahdi Army to freeze activities

Feb 22, 08 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Al-Sadr to Extend Ceasefire

Six-month renewal of cleric's truce key to Iraq security gains, US says

Feb 21, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will prolong by six months the ceasefire that has reduced violence across Iraq, officials tell Reuters. Sadr today sent a sealed sermon to mosques across Iraq to be read during midday prayers tomorrow. Exact details won’t be known until those envelopes are unsealed, but “the... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Shiite militia • ceasefire • Rick Lynch • Muqtada al-Sadr

Al-Sadr May Call Off Ceasefire

Will expire Saturday unless cleric renews; could jeopardize gains in security

Feb 20, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The ceasefire ordered last August by Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr expires Saturday, and unless he renews it, his Mahdi Army will again take up arms—raising US fears that gains in staunching sectarian bloodshed across Iraq could jeopardized. Al-Sadr hasn't signaled his intentions, but some say US and Iraqi raids... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Shiite militia • ceasefire • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

CBS Journalist to Be Freed 'Within Hours'

Radical Shiite group says it negotiated freedom of 2 hostages

Feb 13, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A kidnapped British journalist working for CBS and his translator are to be freed "within hours," according to the office of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Sadrists conducted negotiations with the kidnappers, who took the two hostage at gunpoint from a hotel in Basra, AFP reports. The captives have... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • Basra • Muqtada al-Sadr

Car Bombs Kill at Least 40 in Amara, Iraq

Shiite provincial capital site of factional violence

Dec 12, 07 6:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of near-simultaneous car bombs killed at least 40 and injured dozens this morning in Amara, a Shiite-dominated city in southeastern Iraq, CNN reports. The British military handed the area to Iraqi forces in August, 2006; it has been the scene of increasingly violent confrontations between Shiite factions. More »

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Iraq • Shiite • car bomb • Amara • Muqtada al-Sadr

US Teams With Al-Sadr

Common enemies inspire peculiar alliance

Nov 12, 07 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The US military and the man who was once considered the most powerful destabilizing force in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, now have a common enemy: rogue members of Sadr's Mahdi Army. Since Sadr declared a ceasefire three months ago, US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, have been secretly meeting with Sadr's... More »

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Baghdad • Mahdi Army • alliance • ceasefire • Muqtada al-Sadr

Qaeda Busted in Baghdad: Gen.

Baghdad Commander says al Qaeda wing ousted from the city

Nov 8, 07 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi-based terror network Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia has been ousted by US troops from every neighborhood in Baghdad where it once operated, according to Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, commander of US forces in the city. Fil also tells the New York Times that violence is down significantly. More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • surge • Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr. • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Muqtada al-Sadr

Baghdad Shiites Turn Away From Mahdi Army

As al-Sadr's militia degenerates, locals seek out US military

Oct 12, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, a substantial shift in allegiances is under way, the  Times reports: locals are beginning to turn from the Mahdi Army, the militia that once represented their best defense against Sunni insurgents. A lack of coherent ideology has turned a militia into a gang, and local... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Mahdi Army • Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraqi Shiite Leaders
Call Truce

Sides that clashed
in Karbala seek to
curb bloodshed

Oct 6, 07 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Shiite leaders made peace in Iraq today in hope of ending their bitter feud and curbing bloodshed, Reuters reports. Moqtada Al-Sadr and Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, leaders of parliament's main Shiite blocs, agreed to form committees and solve problems together around the country. Fighting between the factions has intensified this... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Mahdi Army • truce • Abdul Aziz Al Hakim • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • radical cleric • Muqtada al-Sadr

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