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Shiite stories: 85 news summaries

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 'Lebanese Madoff' 
 Shames Hezbollah 

Financier accused of using ties to party to dupe Shiites out of their savings

Sep 16, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Lebanese businessman's billion-dollar Ponzi scheme has left thousands of investors penniless and Hezbollah leaders seriously embarrassed, reports the New York Times. Salah Ezzedine—dubbed the "Lebanese Bernie Madoff" by the nation's press—has strong ties to Hezbollah, and many of the mostly Shiite investors in his scheme say... More »

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Lebanon • fraud • Shiite • Hezbollah • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Salah Ezzedine

Iraqi Shiites Ditch Maliki in New Coalition

Group favors a government more closely allied with Iran

Aug 24, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s major Shiite parties have formed a new coalition without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki or his Dawa Party, they announced today. That means that unless Maliki finds new allies, he will likely lose his job following the January elections. If the new coalition wins a majority, he’ll be... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections

(Newser) - Iraq was rocked by two deadly, possibly destabilizing bombings this weekend, but the proof is in the reprisals, Larry Kaplow writes in Newsweek—and there were none. “Iraq today is a different place than it was when ethnic conflict threatened to engulf the country in 2006,” Kaplow... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • reprisal

(AP) - Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad today, killing at least 29 people, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The bombings, apparently part of a coordinated attack that targeted worshipers leaving Friday prayers, shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital. The deaths raised to at... More »

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Shiite • Baghdad • Sunni militants • Iraq pullout • troop withdrawal • mosque • Iraq war

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 Suicide Bomb Kills 50 in Iraq 

Blast at Shia mosque occurs hours after PM's warning

Jun 20, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed in Iraq today when a truck bomb detonated near a crowd of worshipers leaving a Shiite mosque near Kirkuk, Reuters reports. The bombing occurred only hours after Nouri al-Maliki warned the country that terrorist violence may increase as the planned June 30 withdrawal of... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • sectarian violence • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • suicide bombing • troop withdrawal • al-Qaeda

 Fear Returns to Baghdad 


May 2, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent spate of violence in Iraq may pale in comparison to the relentless suicide bombings of 2006, but Baghdad is beginning to hunker down in fear again, the Los Angeles Times reports. Residents are curtailing their public activities, checking in with each other more often to make sure family... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Shiite • Baghdad • US military • suicide bombing • troop withdrawal • Iraq Civil War • casualties

 6 Car Bombs Kill 48 in Baghdad 

All target Shiite areas as violence rises

Apr 29, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six car bombs rattled predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad within four hours today, killing 48 and injuring 81. The three bloodiest explosions went off in quick succession in Sadr City, a dense Shiite neighborhood, CNN reports. The bombings were similar to seven coordinated attacks earlier this month, which the US... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • US military • car bomb • mosque • attacks

(AP) - A group of some 1000 Afghans today swarmed a demonstration of 300 women in Kabul protesting a new conservative marriage law. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart. The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex from his... More »

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Afghanistan • Shiite • law • women's rights • stoning • protesters • marital rape

(Newser) - As the US military prepares to withdraw from Iraq's cities, security officials in both countries have observed that a smaller but more lethal insurgency seems to be gaining ground. Several recent bombings, believed to be orchestrated by al-Qaeda in Iraq, have killed 123 people in Baghdad and elsewhere, while members... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • US military • Sunnis • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Sunni Awakening • insurgency • Iraqi Army

 In Iraq, US Allies 
 Fight Each Other for Control 

Arrest of Sunni leader fuels tension

Mar 30, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showdown this weekend between Iraqi security forces and Sunni fighters known as the Awakening, both US allies, could signal challenges facing Iraq as the US prepares to leave, the Washington Post reports. After Iraqi and US forces arrested an Awakening leader Saturday, Sunni fighters swarmed a Baghdad neighborhood. "... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq security • Awakening Councils • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening

(Newser) - The US turned over tens of thousands of Sunni fighters to Baghdad this weekend to take government jobs and mend fences with ruling Shiites, but many Sunnis are skeptical, the New York Times reports. After helping tame al-Qaeda in Iraq, the militiamen say few jobs are being offered in return.... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sunnis • Awakening Councils • Iraqi government

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Maliki Charts Post-Sectarian Politics in Iraq

Shiite PM teams with secular Sunnis and even militant cleric

Mar 20, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Shiite party of PM Nouri al-Maliki has allied itself with Sunni political figures and even Moqtada al-Sadr, a major departure from earlier politics that followed ethnic and sectarian lines. writes Anthony Shadid in the Washington Post. All support a strong central government and advocate a united Iraq over a... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections • Sunni Awakening • Dawa

Sunni Iraqis: Shiites Barred Us From Voting

Thousands turned
away in former insurgent enclave

Jan 31, 09 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 1,000 Sunni Iraqis were turned away from the polls in Baghdad today for being unregistered to vote, and many accused the Shiite government of deleting their names from the polls, the Los Angeles Times reports. “This is a disappointment,” complained one man. Agitation was high... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sunnis • voting

 This Time, Iraq Gets 
 Politics With Its Elections 

Stability gives candidates chance to compete more in Western democratic style

Jan 22, 09 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - If Iraq’s tumultuous 2005 elections were a trial run at democracy, the current provincial race has main-event flavor, the Washington Post reports. Greater stability has allowed town-hall gatherings, where voters grill some 14,000 candidates running for 440 seats on everything from housing to militarization. And campaign posters, T-shirts... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • democracy • political party • Iraq government • candidate • election • local election • political campaign

Iraq Parliament Delays Vote on US Security Pact

Political bargaining forces postponement to tomorrow

Nov 26, 08 10:42 AM CST
(AP) - Intense dealmaking among Iraq's political factions has delayed until tomorrow a parliamentary vote on the security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the country through 2011. The Shiite-led government is struggling to meet the demands of political blocs, including a large group of Sunni Arab lawmakers, seeking... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • US military • Sunnis • vote • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Maliki's Power Grabs Stir Fears of 'Shiite Saddam'

US security deal may strengthen central government; some see 'benevolent Shiite Saddam'

Nov 24, 08 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Ratification this week of a deal that would put an expiration date on the US deployment in Iraq stands to boost the prestige of PM Nouri al-Maliki, who in recent months has consolidated his power in moves that echo previous authoritarian regimes. As one Western observer tells the Los Angeles ... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq security • Iraq war

Iraq Calls for Changes
in US Pullout Pact

Minister had called deal final

Oct 19, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parties in Iraq’s ruling Shiite coalition are seeking to alter what was supposed to be a final agreement with the US concerning when American troops would leave, Reuters reports. The draft says US forces must leave Iraq by the end of 2011 unless the Iraqi government wants them to... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraq pullout • coalition government • security pact

 Maliki Is US Pawn No Longer 

Iraqi drifts away from US—and toward Iran

Sep 16, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With just four months left on America’s UN mandate to police Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki is playing hardball. Once seen as an embattled US puppet, the Iraqi PM has consolidated his power, and is turning visibly away from his former backers in Washington, the Los Angeles Times reports. He’s... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Awakening Councils • Status of Forces Agreement

 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 Leaders to Visit Iran to Discuss Militia Role

Top Shiites will probe Tehran's hand in arming, training anti-government forces

May 1, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A delegation of Shiite Iraqi officials is heading to Iran to discuss its role in supporting anti-government activity in Iraq, the New York Times reports. The trip marks the first time Iraqi leaders have visited Tehran over the issue. The officials, selected by PM al-Maliki, all have links to Iran,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Shiite militia • Muqtada al-Sadr

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