WASHINGTON — U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad have cut off contact with controversial Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi , a former Pentagon favorite, because of his increasingly strained relationship with U.S.-backed Iraqi Prime Minister
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US troops went from house to house on Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold looking for bombs and arms ahead of an Iraqi army deployment in line with a new truce, witnesses and officials said.
Motorcycles and trucks were also
Baghdad: Clashes between security forces and Shiite gunmen killed six people and wounded 28 in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.
The clashes put further strain on a weekend agreement to halt nearly two months of fighting in the
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At least five people were killed in overnight violence involving US troops and Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City on the eve of the planned full implementation of a truce, local medics said.
Medic from Sadr City's Imam Ali
The anti-American Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the great survivor of Iraqi politics. In a tactical retreat he authorized a ceasefire [on Monday] under which the Iraqi army, but not U.S. troops, will enter the great Shia slum of Sadr City in Baghdad
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BAGHDAD: Overnight fighting between US troops and Shiite militia in Baghdad's Sadr City left at least 11 people dead, medics said on Tuesday, despite an agreement to end weeks of bloodshed in the district. Armed clashes have continued despite
In Baghdad, a shaky cease-fire is in effect between the Iraqi government and militia loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. But on the ground in their stronghold of Sadr City, Mahdi Army members say they're still at war. Though the Sadrists say they'll
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Mideast peace.
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Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the northeast Shiite slum of Sadr City and to move to temporary shelters on two soccer fields.
Sacks of food to be