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NEWS ABOUT: Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr stories: 86 news summaries

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Some Mahdis Going Freelance

What's worse than Moqtada al-Sadr?
The Mahdi Army ignoring him

May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • troop surge • Mahdi Army • Revolutionary Guards • violence • militia • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

Al-Sadr Cronies Quit Cabinet

Apr 16, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six cabinet members loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have made good on their threat to resign from the Iraqi parliament, after the Prime Minister refused to set a date for the Americans to leave. But they insist—in spite of a spate of violence yesterday and today that many... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Iraqi Parliament • troop withdrawal • Muqtada al-Sadr

Sadr Orders Loyalists to Quit Iraqi Cabinet

Pressures prime minister to push for U.S. withdrawal

Apr 16, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Iraqi cabinet ministers are expected to resign today on orders from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. "We are going to declare our withdrawal from government because the prime minister does not want to make a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq," a Sadr official told... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • civil war • troop withdrawal • Muqtada al-Sadr

Anti-American Protests
Mark Iraqi Anniversary

Al-Sadr demonstrations draw tens of thousands

Apr 9, 07 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis converged today on the southern city of Najaf, a Shia shrine, to mark the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.  Waving Iraqi flags and chanting anti-U.S. slogans,  demonstators marched from Kufa to neighboring Najaf. AP reports that two cordons of Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Mahdi Army • protests • Najaf • Muqtada al-Sadr

Al-Sadr Preaches Peace — But Not
Toward U.S.

Urges Iraqis to unite against "occupiers"

Apr 8, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis Sunday to stop killing each other—and join together to rid their country of Americans. On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, he urged both Iraqi forces and insurgents to direct their fight against "the occupiers,"... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Shiite • insurgents • Mahdi Army • America • war • Najaf • Muqtada al-Sadr

Sadr City Safest Spot in Baghdad

Mar 27, 07 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six weeks into the surge the vast Baghdad slum called Sadr City is the safest and best-run part of  the city—but not because of the stepped-up efforts on the part of government forces.  Moqtada al-Sadr is said to be somewhere in Iran, but his representatives run hospitals, school,... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • Mahdi Army • US troops • Muqtada al-Sadr

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