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NEWS ABOUT: Shia

Shia stories: 22 news summaries

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Death of 'Neda' May Echo for Weeks in Iran

Lengthy Shia cycle of mourning martyrs often includes protests

Jun 22, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not clear who killed the Iranian protester known as Neda, but footage of her gruesome shooting in the streets of Tehran may transform the demonstrations gripping Iran, Time reports. Shia Muslims mourn their dead three, seven, and 40 days after death, and Iranians often use those commemorations for protests.... More »

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Iran • Islam • Shia • shah • martyrdom • mourning • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

 Suicide Bomber Kills 
 30 at Pakistan Funeral 

Curfew imposed, army summoned as death toll mounts

Feb 20, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 30 people died and 50 more were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a funeral in Pakistan's volatile northwest, reports the New York Times. The bomber targeted the funeral of a Shia Muslim who was shot only yesterday, and eyewitnesses described seeing limbs scattered across... More »

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Pakistan • Sunni • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • North West Frontier Province

 Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Iraq 

Women, children targeted en route Shia to holy city

Feb 13, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least 35 Iraqi pilgrims on the way to a religious festival today, reports CNN. Another 45 were wounded. The victims, mainly women and children, were in the town of Mussayib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims are currently... More »

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Iraq • Karbala • suicide bombing • Shia • Iraq violence • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims

Al-Sadr Urges 'Revenge' Attacks Against US for Gaza

Cleric tells militia to hit American targets in Iraq

Jan 8, 09 2:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has urged radical Shi’ite militants to strike American targets in Iraq as retaliation for US support of Israeli’s attack on Gaza, the Times of London reports. Al-Sadr also called on nations with Israeli consulates to close those missions in solidarity with Palestine. A... More »

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Iraq • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • State Department • Shia • US troops • Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraq Women Banned at Shrine to Thwart Female Bombers

Security forces can't search women

Jan 7, 09 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - In a bid to ward off female bombers, officials have banned women from a Shia shrine during one of the holiest times of the year, reports the BBC. Because Iraq security forces lack female members, women cannot be searched for bombs. Women are now banned at the Imam Mousa al-Kazim... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • religion • Shia • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims • wowOwow

 Holiday Blasts 
 Kill 19 Iraqis 
 Near Shia Sites 

6 others shot on bus in effort to reignite sectarian violence

Oct 2, 08 7:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Suicide bombers targeted Shia worshipers as they left morning prayers today at two Baghdad mosques, killing 19 people and injuring 50, police say. In a separate attack, gunmen fatally shot six people as they traveled in a minibus 60 miles north of Baghdad. Attacks on Shia civilians are widely associated... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • suicide bombing • Shia • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Eid

Forces Key to Iraq Security Lose Steam as US Hands Off

Shiite government isn't incorporating Sunni Sons of Iraq, or, worse, hunting them down

Sep 30, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Iraq's Shia-led government assumes greater control of security, US soldiers fear the sudden disintegration of the 54,000-strong Sunni force that had been key to improving conditions there, the Washington Post reports. The government has pledged to hire 20% of the so-called Sons of Iraq, but that still leaves... More »

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Sunni • Shia • Iraq government • Iraqi security forces • Awakening Councils • Iraq war • Sons of Iraq

 Pakistan Hospital Bomb Kills 23

Shia mourners killed in volatile northwest province

Aug 19, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-three people died today and another 20 were wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a Pakistani hospital. The blast took place in the North West Frontier Province, the highly volatile region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place as Shia Muslims were mourning the death of a leader, who... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • hospital • North West Frontier Province • Shiite militants

 Iraqi Suicide Blasts Kill 50

Bombers strike in Baghdad and Kirkuk

Jul 28, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suicide attacks in Iraq today killed at least 50 people and injured about 250, making it one of deadliest days in the country in months, Reuters reports. In Baghdad, three female suicide bombers blew themselves up during a religious pilgrimage, killing 28 and injuring 92. In the northern city of... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • suicide bombing • Shia • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

 Iraq Barred From Beijing Games 

Olympic bosses not happy with government dissolution of country's committee

Jul 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq has been banned from next month’s Beijing Olympics because of what the International Olympic Committee calls government interference in the Olympic process, MSNBC reports. The Iraqi leadership dissolved the country’s Olympic committee, which is supposed to be an independent body of elected officials, and replaced it with... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Shia • International Olympic Committee • Iraqi government

 United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

Baghdad wins boost from key Arab states

Jul 7, 08 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's diplomatic isolation among its Arab neighbors is easing, reports the BBC. The United Arab Emirates canceled Iraq's entire debt of close to $7 billion and appointed a new ambassador, while Jordan's King Abdullah will become  the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003, boosting the... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • King Abdullah • Nouri al-Maliki • Shia • Sunnis • United Arab Emirates • UAE • Abdullah al-Shehi

 Sadr Threatens to End Truce 

Mahdi Army leader, 'worried' for Iraqis' safety, cancels anti-US protest

Apr 8, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Sunni • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • Shia • Iraq Civil War • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr

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Al-Sadr Orders His Militia Off Streets of Basra

He offers weakened Maliki a truce deal as violence continues

Mar 30, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to leave the streets of Basra and other cities, reports the BBC, in an effort to end clashes with security forces. “Anyone carrying a weapon and targeting government institutions will not be one of us,” Sadr said, but minutes after... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Basra • Shia • Iraq government • cleric • ceasefire • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war • Shia militia

Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

Pending law would allow release thousands of detainees

Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • amnesty • Shia • Sunnis • surge • detainee

Sex Is Okay With 'Pleasure Marriage'

Muslims date sans
guilt in sanctioned trysts, and marry later

Dec 4, 07 7:15 PM CST
(Newser) - What Americans call dating, Muslims increasingly permit as “pleasure marriage,” Bloomberg reports. Twenty-somethings who want sex but can’t afford marriage—a problem in the Middle East, where pay is low and unemployment high—get guilt-free dating clearance with a short-term contract. Men often keep it and “... More »

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pregnancy • Lebanon • Sunni • marriage • Shia

Saudis, Libyans Fighting in Iraq

Captured intelligence shows most foreign insurgents are Saudis or Libyans

Nov 22, 07 7:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Most of the foreign insurgents fighting American troops in Iraq come from two so-called US allies in the war on terrorism—Saudi Arabia and Libya. Evidence was discovered in a September raid on a desert terrorist base that produced a mother lode of intelligence on the identities and hometowns of... More »

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Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Libya • Shia • Sinjar • foreign fighters • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Iraq war

50 More Years in Mideast for US, Ex-General Says

Abizaid: Strategic situation won't allow withdrawal for decades

Nov 1, 07 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - It could be 50 years before US troops leave the Middle East, the former commander of US forces in the region said yesterday. The Associated Press reports that while John Abizaid acknowledges that US forces will eventually play an "indirect role" in conflicts such as Iraq, the military won't... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • John Abizaid • US military • Shia • Sunni extremism • Shia extremism

Iraqis Irate
Over Senate Partition Vote

Resolution pushing autonomous regions prompts backlash

Oct 1, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government is reacting angrily to a Senate resolution passed Thursday that the US push to divide the country into three autonomous regions—Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish—to reduce ethnic bloodshed. "No Iraqi is for dividing their country or for splitting it into three weak states, unable to... More »

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Iraq • Sam Brownback • Joe Biden • Sunni • Kurds • Shia • sovereignty • partition • federal • US Embassy • Hoshiyar Zebari • Iraq Constituition • Muqtada al-Sadr

Italian Cops Bust Secret Iraqi Arms Deal

US kept in the dark as ministry ordered guns that might have outfitted militias

Aug 12, 07 11:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A secret transaction providing the Iraqi government with over $40 million worth of weapons was uncovered by Italian police investigating local Mafiosi, the Guardian reports. Without the knowledge of American military commanders, the Iraqi interior ministry had ordered 105,000 rifles from arms traffickers, ostensibly to supply police. Italian police... More »

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Italy • Shia • weapon • militia • arms deal • Mafia • Iraq government • arms trafficking • guns

US Kills 30 in Baghdad

Women and children may counted among the dead

Aug 8, 07 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US killed 30 militants and detained another dozen in an overnight air strike on a military stronghold in a Shiite district of Baghdad. Witnesses counted women and children among the slain, though the US claims all 30 were insurgents linked to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. More »

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Iran • insurgents • Sadr City • Baghdad • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • Shia • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

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