Moqtada_al-Sadr - Protesters demonstrate in Sadr City, Iraq

Protesters demonstrate in Sadr City, Iraq

Demonstrators display a poster of anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest march after Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City Iraq on August 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)


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BAGHDAD, June 25 (UPI) -- The bombing of a crowded market in the Shiite slums of south Baghdad Wednesday in which at least 69 people were killed only a week before U.S. troops are due to pull out of Iraq's cities and towns underlines how the American withdrawal will not be simple or straightforward, and possibly the trigger for more bloodshed.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would mean chaos, two Iraqi ministers said Saturday, urging Parliament to pass the status of forces agreement.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Members of the heavy metal band Dog Faced Corpse say it was a rare treat to play their loud music in Baghdad despite area opposition.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An Iraqi lawmaker with the Sadrist Movement Thursday said attacks on Sadr loyalists by American forces were due to the group's anti-occupation stance.
Petraeus: Iraq violence at turning point
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday the Iraqi government's willingness to take on a Shiite militia was a turning point in the conflict.
BAGHDAD, May 14 (UPI) -- Despite a recently signed truce between Shiite militant groups, fighting Wednesday claimed at least five victims in Baghdad's Sadr City area.
BAGHDAD, May 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi reconstruction projects progressed and displaced people returned home despite violence from criminal gangs in Sadr City, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
BAGHDAD, April 21 (UPI) -- Moqtada al-Sadr Monday called on the Iraqi government to put a stop to visits from "the terrorist occupier" following a visit by the U.S. secretary of state.
WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias could be a sign of the government's ability to take on its own problems, the U.S. military said.
In its editorial "Moqtada has awakened," Kitabat newspaper addressed Moqtada Sadr's realization that his Mahdi Army was deepening sectarian divisions.
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BAGHDAD -- The followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr once were powerful enough to do battle against the U.S. military, play kingmaker in choosing Iraq's prime minister and...
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 -- Thousands of followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated Friday against an agreement that would extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq, shouting...
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 -- Thousands of followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated Friday against an agreement that would extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq, shouting...
washingtonpost.com at 15 Nov 2008 12:00 am
BAGHDAD, Nov. 14 -- Radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened Friday to resume attacks on U.S. forces if they remain in Iraq, as envisioned in a draft security agreement that would...
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