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Topic: Sadr City

PRAYERS IN SADR CITY
Supporters of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr pray in a slum called Sadr City, which is part of Baghdad April 8. United States troops have isolated the section of the city with tanks. (UPI Photo/Mitch Prothero)

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Multiple car bomb explosions killed at least 12 people and injured 18 others Thursday in Baghdad, officials said.
Bombs, attacks kill at least 50 in Baghdad
Bombings and other attacks Tuesday in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at least 50 people and wounded 160 others, Iraqi officials said.
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Six car bombs shook Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 62 others, police said.
Family wants Moqtada Sadr arrested
Baghdad is called on to take action against Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr for his alleged role in the death of a Shiite religious leader in 2003, his family says.
The Mehdi Army of Moqtada Sadr is evolving into a clandestine movement following Iraqi military operations targeting the group, intelligence suggests.
Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter died in a roadside bombing in northern Iraq and two more U.S. troops died in Baghdad's Sadr City, officials said.
The U.S. and Iraqi military and strategic success in Iraq has sounded the death knell for al-Qaida, a conservative columnist writes.
U.S. officials said two U.S. soldiers and a pair of embassy employees were among six people killed Tuesday from a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City area.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged Monday to expand military operations targeting Shiite militias to central Diyala province.
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Race fans enjoy a shot in the infield during the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Kentucky Derby winner Orb is looking for a Triple Crown possibility with a win today at Pimlico. UPI/Kevin Dietsch