...â led to their rejection by the local population, which then looked to the coalition for support. At the same time, Muqtada al Sadr announced a freeze on violence by his Mahdi army militia. These factors combined to change considerably the security dynamic...
...by the government's Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni Arab blocs but opposed by the 30 lawmakers loyal to anti-American Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr as well as smaller groups. A deadly rocket attack on the U.S.-protected Green Zone early yesterday bore the hallmarks...
...employees and wounding 15 others, according to U.N. and military officials. The attack comes as followers of anti-U.S. Muqtada al-Sadr hoisted black flags on houses, mosques and Sadrist offices in their Baghdad stronghold to protest a U.S.-Iraqi security pact...
..._ A suicide bomber strikes Shiite worshippers at a mosque run by followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, killing at least 12 people, a day after Iraqi lawmakers approved a security pact with the United States. Moved. By Kim Gamel. AP Photos. IRAQ-AL-MALIKI'S...
...by the three-member Presidential Council, which is expected to approve it. A bloc of 30 lawmakers loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who wants U.S. forces to leave Iraq immediately, chanted protests and hoisted banners that said "No, no to the agreement"...
...that the Sunni uprising against the US occupation has largely ended. Mr Maliki was able to face down the Shia militia of Muqtada al-Sadr earlier this year through Iranian support. In control of increasingly powerful Iraqi security forces, the Shia leaders...