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July 2008
- Sadr City Rebounds After Ceasefire
  
  newser | Time | Jul 2, 08 1:19 PM CDT
  
  The turnaround in Sadr City in the last two months has been dramatic—abandoned dusty lots are now markets stocked with piles of produce and teeming with shoppers; storefronts display suits, purses, shoes, and cosmetics, Time reports. The ceasefire between Iraqi PM al-Maliki and radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been successful in stopping violence and the US is working on repairing the slum's shattered infrastructure. More »
  
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  Iraq • Muqtada al-Sadr • Sadr City
June 2008
- Sadr City Bomb Kills 4 Americans
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 24, 08 8:23 AM CDT
  
  Two US troops and two US government employees were killed today during a suicide bombing at a local council building in Baghdad's Sadr City, the LA Times reports. The blast, the second this week that targeted Americans meeting with local officials, also claimed the lives of two Iraqis and wounded several others. Yesterday a gunman killed two US soldiers as they left a municipal building about 15 miles from the capital. More »
  
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  Iraq • Baghdad • bombing • Sadr City
May 2008
- Sadr Cultivates Respect, Image to Reflect Power
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 27, 08 1:49 PM CDT
  
  Muqtada al-Sadr aims to shed his reputation as a dim-witted thug and become a respected Iraqi cleric like his father, the Washington Post reports, and has even spent the past year studying in Iran. Sadr, then nicknamed "Muqtada Atari" for his love of video games, was 25 when the 1999 assassination of his father left him head of Iraq's largest Shiite opposition group. More »
  
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  Iraq • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Sadrists • Shiite cleric • cleric
- Iraqi Army Rolls Into Sadr City
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 20, 08 9:08 AM CDT
  
  Roughly 10,000 Iraqi troops peacefully marched deep into Sadr City today, the Baghdad ghetto that’s long been a stronghold for Muqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army. The incursion was part of a deal negotiated with Sadr last week, which allowed for inspections so long as the US wasn't involved. "It's like a normal day here," said one resident. More »
  
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  Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Iraq Army
- Shiite Militants Agree to Sadr City Cease-Fire
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 10, 08 8:06 AM CDT
  
  Shiite militants have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad’s Sadr City, said an aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia is concentrated there, the AP reports. Sadrists “will stop fighting in Sadr City and will stop displaying arms in public,” the aide said. “In return, the government will stop random raids against al-Sadr followers and open all closed roads that lead to Sadr City.” More »
  
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  Iraq • Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Sadr City • Mosul • Shiite militants
- US Rocket Attack Damages Iraqi Hospital
  
  newser | Reuters | May 3, 08 1:16 PM CDT
  
  At least 28 people were wounded when US rockets struck near a Sadr City hospital today, destroying a fleet of ambulances, Reuters reports. The US says the attack was targeting a nearby militia “command and control” center. Hospital windows were shattered, but no patients were injured. The attack came amid a new outbreak of Sadr City fighting that saw 14 gunman killed overnight. More »
  
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  Iraq • Baghdad • Mahdi Army • hospital • Sadr City • collateral damage
April 2008
- Green Zone Strike Kills 2 in Sandstorm
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 27, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  Hidden in a sandstorm, militants struck the US-protected Green Zone in Baghdad today and killed at least two Iraqis, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mortar or rocket attack, which also wounded 25, came just 2 days after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered members of his Mahdi Army to end recent fighting. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Green Zone • Shiite insurgents
- Iraqi Troops Seize Sadr Stronghold
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 19, 08 9:11 AM CDT
  
  In a major new clash, Iraqi troops backed by American and British firepower today captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra, said Iraqi officials. In a show of force, American planes and British artillery attacked a deserted area outside the Sadr-controlled section of Hayaniya before Iraqi troops moved into the neighborhood and seized the center, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Iraq war • US military • Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • Basra • Sadr City • Iraq Army • British military
- US Builds Giant Wall in Sadr City
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 18, 08 6:26 AM CDT
  
  American forces have begun construction of an enormous concrete wall that will partition Sadr City, one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhood. The structure is intended to make the southern section of Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold that borders the Green Zone, into a protected enclave, reports the New York Times . Walls in other parts of Baghdad have succeeded in blunting insurgent attacks, despite residents' fears of isolation. More »
  
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  Iraq • US military • Baghdad • insurgents • Muqtada al-Sadr • Sadr City • wall
- Iraqis Buck US, Flee Front Line in Sadr City Fight
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 16, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  An Iraqi Army unit fled its position in Sadr City last night, despite American protestations, the New York Times reports, breeding further doubt among US commanders. A captain begged the Iraqi in charge to reconsider. “If you turn around … those soldiers will follow you,” he said. “If you tuck tail and cowardly run away, they will follow up that way, too.” More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Iraq Army
- Iraq Fires 1,300 Cops, Troops After Basra
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 13, 08 5:16 PM CDT
  
  Iraq sacked 1,300 troopers and policemen today for fighting poorly or not at all in last month’s Basra battles. “Some of them were sympathetic with these lawbreakers,” said one official. “Some refused to battle for political, national, sectarian or religious reasons.” The firings are tantamount to Baghdad admitting it failed in the clashes against Shiite insurgents, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  Nouri al-Maliki • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Basra • Sadr City • Shiite militants • Iraqi government • Iraqi soldiers • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council
- 19 Yanks Die in Worst Week of Year for US
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 13, 08 5:24 AM CDT
  
  The death of a US soldier in a roadside blast in Baghdad yesterday brought the death toll for US troops to 19 in a single week—the highest so far this year. Almost all of the deaths have been in the Iraqi capital, where US and Iraqi forces are battling the Mahdi Army. Troops are also fighting Sunni insurgents in northern Iraq, AP reports. More »
  
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  Iraq • US military • Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • roadside bomb • Iraq death toll • Sadr City • Shiite militia
- Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 12, 08 12:57 PM CDT
  
  US and Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite insurgents in fierce fighting overnight near Baghdad’s Sadr City, Reuters reports, as authorities lifted a blockade in some areas that had been stifling the region. At least 13 militiamen loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed in the clashes in the Iraqi slum, but no American or Iraqi troops were seriously injured. More »
  
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  Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Robert Gates • Muqtada al-Sadr • Sadr City • Shiite militants • Najaf • blockade
- Death of Sadr Aide Sparks Battles in Baghdad
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 11, 08 8:02 PM CDT
  
  The murder of a Moqtada al-Sadr aide triggered heavy fighting in Baghdad today after al-Sadr’s men attacked US and Iraqi forces, Reuters reports. The cleric blamed “the hand of the occupier” for the death of Riyadh al-Nuri, a close relative, and vowed not to forget “this precious blood.” A US commander told CNN that battles broke out when a US patrol, backing Iraqi forces, ran into 10 roadside bombs and sustained heavy fire. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Baghdad • US Army • Muqtada al-Sadr • assassination • Mahdi Army • Basra • Sadr City • Iraq Army • Jalal Talabani • Najaf
- Sadr Threatens to End Truce
  
  newser | CNN | Apr 8, 08 3:02 PM CDT
  
  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 men out—before Sadr called off the event. More »
  
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  Iraq • US military • Nouri al-Maliki • Muqtada al-Sadr • Sunni • Mahdi Army • Saddam Hussein • Sadr City • Shia • Iraq Civil War • Sadrists
- Iraqi PM: No Elections for Militias
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 7, 08 8:32 AM CDT
  
  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
March 2008
- Iraqi Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Basra
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 25, 08 11:32 AM CDT
  
  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 streets of his Sadr City slum stronghold in Baghdad, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Nouri al-Maliki • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Basra • Sadr City
November 2007
- Qaeda Busted in Baghdad: Gen.
  
  newser | New York Times | Nov 8, 07 4:00 AM CST
  
  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 • Baghdad • Muqtada al-Sadr • Sadr City • surge • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia
October 2007
- Wary Iraqis Probe US Raid on Sadr City
  
  newser | New York Times | Oct 22, 07 11:31 AM CDT
  
  Iraqi officials are sorting through conflicting reports of an American raid in the Baghdad Shiite enclave of Sadr City yesterday that the US military said killed 49 "criminals" and Iraqis said left 17 people dead, including an elderly woman and several babies, and many wounded. The civilian casualties provoked another round of charges that the American military uses excessive force; PM Nuri al-Maliki met with Gen. David Petraeus to protest the killings, CNN reported. More »
  
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  Iraq • Baghdad • Sadr City • civilian casualties • Shiite insurgents
- US Forces Kill 49 in Sadr City
  
  newser | Reuters | Oct 21, 07 1:13 PM CDT
  
  The US military said it killed 49 gunmen today in a Sadr City raid aimed at capturing an Iranian-linked rebel leader suspected of kidnapping coalition members and foreigners. But Iraqi witnesses pin the death toll at 13, including two toddlers, Reuters reports. Military officials were mum on whether the rogue Mehdi Army foreman was apprehended. More »
  
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  Iraq war • Mahdi Army • Iraq death toll • Sadr City • Iraq violence

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