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| Articles about Shiite |
| So Who Really Won Iraqi Offensive Against Shiite Militias? (HINT: Not al-Maliki) | | 2008-04-02 10:19:33 | | Last Saturday , I questioned whether Shiite militias were copying the strategy and tactics of Hezbollah in its defensive standoff Lebanon in 2006 against the Israelis. Unlike other commentators who forecast victory based on body counts, I was pessimistic about the eventual outcome: "But the Shiite militia leaders have already achieved one strategic goal: they showed Pentagon planners and American voters that the Iraqi army is nowhere ready to secure Iraq, much as Hezbollah exposed the weaknesses...(read more)... | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Shiite Leader Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Gov’t | | 2008-03-29 18:31:16 | | BAGHDAD (AP) - Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash [...]... | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Iraqi Leaders Face Grave Shiite Crisis | | 2008-03-25 17:30:17 | | BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq’s leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled for control of the southern oil capital, fought U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and unleashed rockets on the Green Zone.
Armed Mahdi Army militiamen appeared on some Baghdad streets for the first time [...]... | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Shiite Militia Expands Grip in Baghdad | | 2007-08-19 01:44:02 | | BAGHDAD (AP) - The street market bustles in the early mornings and late afternoons as shoppers come out to buy fruit, bread, clothes and toys. Late into the hot summer nights, whole families gather to eat grilled kebabs at tiny stalls, their small children shrieking as they play tag.
The Hurriyah neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, gripped [...]... | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine | | 2007-06-14 17:50:00 | | The attack stoked fears of an upsurge in intra-Muslim violence. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government rushed to contain Shiite wrath against Sunnis, clamping a curfew on Baghdad and asking for U.S. troop reinforcements in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of here, and for a heightened U.S. military alert in the capital.But sketchy reports of sectarian strife began to come in: Police told of at least four Sunni mosques in Baghdad and south of here attacked by arsonists and bombers, and of a smaller Shiite shrine bombed north of here. More...... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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