...a mainly Shiite city that saw fierce clashes between militias and U.S.-Iraqi forces earlier this year until anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr declared a cease-fire. The death raises to at least 4,181 members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war...
...until last year when the U.S. troop "surge," the Sunni revolt against al-Qaeda and a cease-fire by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr brought down violence to its lowest level in four years. "Several car bombings have occurred on this street but no measures...
...a photo of Eric Peffley, in the 312th PsyOps Company, holding a confiscated poster showing anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Peffly was working as part of a joint Iraqi police and U.S. military operation searching for wanted suspects from the Mahdi...
...was hung as he recited the Islamic creed and other men chanted "Muqtada," the name of the firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Here at Saddam's gravesite, men slip off their shoes in a show of respect and walk into the hall of Saddam. They walk to the...
...trip to Europe and rest, saying he was suffering from exhaustion. BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement Thursday, raising fears of new internal Shiite bloodshed ahead of regional elections expected in...
...have been rising within the Shi'ite community. A roadside bomb Thursday killed a prominent Shi'ite lawmaker loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, an anti-U.S. cleric who lives in Iran and opposes the security agreement. U.S. officials suspected that Shi'ite splinter groups...
...using violence.'' On Thursday, a prominent parliament member from the Shiite Muslim faction led by radical cleric Muqtada al Sadr was killed near his home when an explosive-laden motorcycle rammed his convoy. Saleh al Ugaili died from his wounds in a Baghdad...
...this heinous crime are the enemies of the Iraqis," he said. On Friday, thousands of people loyal to Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets in eastern Baghdad to condemn and mourn the killing of Ugaily. Baghdad, Oct 10: Iraq's President Jalal Talabani...
...(AP) - Thousands of supporters of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr marched through eastern Baghdad on Friday to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker and hear a statement from the anti-U.S. cleric blaming occupation and terrorism for the loss. The crowd walked...
...and violence in Iraq. VOA's Ravi Khanna reports. A bomb struck a convoy carrying lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad. A senior member of the Shiite bloc was killed in the Thursday incident. Saleh al-Auqaeili was a member of the...