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Iraq's Sadr to disband Mehdi Army if clerics order NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is ready to disband his militia if Shi'ite religious leaders demand it, his aides said on Monday, a surprising offer given renewed clashes between his fighters and security forces. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Iraq's Sadr to disband Mehdi Army if clerics order
(Reuters) Reuters - Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is ready to disband his militia if Shi'ite religious leaders demand it, his aides said on Monday, a surprising offer given renewed clashes between his fighters and security forces. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Iraq's Sadr extends militia truce Iraq's influential Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, indefinitely extends a truce being observed by his Mehdi Army militia. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Fresh violence frays militia truce in Iraq
(Reuters) Reuters - Mehdi Army fighters attacked police patrols in southern Baghdad overnight, police said on Friday, further fraying a seven-month-old ceasefire called by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to rein in his militia. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Fresh violence frays militia truce in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Mehdi Army fighters attacked police patrols in southern Baghdad overnight, police said on Friday, further fraying a seven-month-old ceasefire called by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to rein in his militia. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia in Iraq Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia as tension with Iraqi government rises Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-American Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Ceasefire deal with Sadr militia The Iraqi government agrees to a ceasefire with the Shia Mehdi Army to end fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Ceasefire deal with Sadr militia The Iraqi government agrees to a ceasefire with the Shia Mehdi Army to end fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Crackdown on Militias May Add to Instability in Iraq - New York Times GulfNewsCrackdown on Militias May Add to Instability in IraqNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JAMES GLANZ and STEPHEN FARRELL BAGHDAD - A crackdown on the Mahdi Army militia is creating potentially destabilizing political and military tensions in Iraq, pitting a stronger g Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Al-Sadr praised for extending cease-fire
(AP) AP - Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr opted Friday to keep the cease-fire order for his Mahdi Army militia in place for another six months, a step that will hold down U.S. and Iraqi casualties while bolstering al-Sadr's importance as a political player as Iraqi factions jostle for power. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Fight for Sadr City a Proving Ground for Iraq Military American commanders see the struggle for control of Sadr City, the stronghold of Shiite militias, as an opportunity to shift more responsibility to the Iraqi army. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Obama's Iraq Problem George Packer: "With the general election four months away, Obama's rhetoric on the topic [of Iraq] now seems outdated and out of touch, and the nominee-apparent may have a political problem concerning the very issue that did so much to bring him this far. He doubtless realizes that his original pla Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Iraq forces battle Basra militias Heavy fighting erupts in Basra as Iraqi security forces try to break the Mehdi Army militia's hold on the city. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Iraq's Sadr orders followers off streets NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers on Sunday to stop battling government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Iraq's Sadr orders followers off streets
(Reuters) Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers on Sunday to stop battling government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Rice in Iraq, violence surges after Sadr threat
(Reuters) Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backed Iraq's crackdown on militias in a visit on Sunday to Baghdad, where the worst fighting in weeks killed 23 after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened all-out war. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Crackdown on Militias May Add to Instability in Iraq A crackdown on the Mahdi Army militia is creating potentially destabilizing political and military tensions in Iraq, pitting a government against the power wielded by the cleric Moktada al-Sadr. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Iraq's Sadr threatens to scrap ceasefire BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened on Tuesday to end a truce he imposed on his militia last year, raising the prospect of worsening violence on a day when top U.S. officials testified on Iraq in Washington. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Rice in Iraq, violence surges after Sadr threat BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backed Iraq's crackdown on militias in a visit on Sunday to Baghdad, where the worst fighting in weeks killed 23 after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened all-out war. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |