Lt-Col Obeidi said that the two villages, Annaih and Sfayed, were previously al-Qaeda strongholds before locals aligned with the US military. 
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Iraqi Shiite Muslims take part in the Friday noon prayers in the southern town of Kufa several kilometers from the city of Najaf, some 160 kms from the capital Baghdad on November 14, 2008. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for radical cleric Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, read a statement of Sadr during Friday prayers in al-Kufa mosque in which he said "I call for a unified prayers next Friday, in Baghdad's Ferdous Square, so that the efforts of all Sunni and Shiite Muslims come together in order to foil the signing of the agreement which is formed to under sell Iraq."
Iraqi Shiite Muslims stand during Friday noon prayers in the southern town of Kufa several kilometers from the city of Najaf, some 160 kms from the capital Baghdad on November 14, 2008. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for radical cleric Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, read a statement of Sadr during Friday prayers in al-Kufa mosque in which he said "I call for a unified prayers next Friday, in Baghdad's Ferdous Square, so that the efforts of all Sunni and Shiite Muslims come together in order to foil the signing of the agreement (refering to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) security agreement with the US)."
Iraqi Shiite Muslims take part in the Friday noon prayers in the southern town of Kufa several kilometers from the city of Najaf, some 160 kms from the capital Baghdad on November 14, 2008. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for radical cleric Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, read a statement of Sadr during Friday prayers in al-Kufa mosque in which he said "I call for a unified prayers next Friday, in Baghdad's Ferdous Square, so that the efforts of all Sunni and Shiite Muslims come together in order to foil the signing of the agreement (refering to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) security agreement with the US)."
Sunni Muslim cleric Salah al-Obeidi prays at the revered Shiite shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in Baghdad's mainly Shiite district of Kadhimiyah on September 29, 2008. Obeidi went to the shrine following a visit of Shiite clerics to the mainly Muslim Sunni district of Adhamiyah in Baghdad. Iraqi Muslim Sunnis will celebrate Eid al-Fitr festivities marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan tomorrow along with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya and Jordan.
Mourners grieve at the funeral of U.S.-allied Sunni leader Farooq al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the local awakening council, in the Azamiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Ten were killed and at least 20 wounded Sunday night when a male suicide bomber disguised in a black Islamic robe traditionally worn by women detonated his explosives. Such attacks have become rare in the center of Azamiyah since the U.S. military built a concrete wall around the heart of the north Baghdad neighborhood, where Saddam Hussein took refuge when the city fell to U.S. forces in April 2003.
Mourners attend the funeral of U.S.-allied Sunni leader Farooq al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the local awakening council in the Azamiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Ten people were killed and at least 20 wounded Sunday night when a male suicide bomber disguised in a black Islamic robe traditionally worn by women detonated his explosives. Such attacks have become rare in the center of Azamiyah since the U.S. military built a concrete wall around the heart of the north Baghdad neighborhood.
Mourners attend the funeral of U.S.-allied Sunni leader Farooq al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the local awakening council in the Azamiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Ten people were killed and at least 20 wounded Sunday night when a male suicide bomber disguised in a black Islamic robe traditionally worn by women detonated his explosives. Such attacks have become rare in the center of Azamiyah since the U.S. military built a concrete wall around the heart of the north Baghdad neighborhood.
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...mother last May. Two women from a voluntary organisation who had been helping her to hide from her husband were also injured. Alia'a Obeidi, the organisation's president, said that one of her colleagues was killed while driving to work and, fearing for her...
...of the Michael Scott Mater Foundation, and Jesus Quispe, vice president of the foundation, presented Chancellor Ali Ismael Obeidi al-Snafi of Dhi Qar University with the books, worth $20,000, as well as English-as-a-second-language materials from the Book...
...2008-11-28 11:38:04 - befallen us. Sheik Salah al-Obeidi read al-Sadr's statement to reporters in the holy city of Najaf on Friday, a day after lawmakers approved the deal. Iraq's presidential council still needs to ratify it. Al-Sadr's statement...
...institutions for three days to show opposition to the pact, according to the statement read by his spokesman, Sheik Salah al-Obeidi. "We offer our condolences to the Iraqi people over this calamity that has fallen upon them with the signing of the agreement...
..."to show the tragedy that has befallen us," according to the statement that was read to reporters by his spokesman Sheik Salah al-Obeidi. "We offer our condolences to the Iraqi people over this calamity that has fallen upon them with the signing of the agreement...
...troops should withdraw immediately. Al-Sadr, who lives in Iran, issued a separate statement via his spokesman Sheik Salah al-Obeidi calling for three days of mourning and peaceful public protests as a show of opposition against the agreement. His cease-fire...
...last May. Two women from a voluntary organisation who had been helping her to hide from her husband were also injured. Alia'a Obeidi, the organisation's president, said that one of her colleagues was killed while driving to work and, fearing for her family's...
...Yair Naveh. "The mission was to arrest", but "in case identification is made of one of the leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Walid Obeidi, Ziad Malaisha or Adham Yunis, the force has permission to kill them, according to the situation assessment while...
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Lt-Col Obeidi said that the two villages, Annaih and Sfayed, were previously al-Qaeda strongholds before locals aligned with the US military.
was said
in Newsbusters
At around 6pm (1500 GMT) four rockets were fired from within Al-Obeidi at each of two (US) military bases near each other
was said
in ABC Online
There were no MND-B (US or allied) soldiers involved in an improvised explosives device event, or a subsequent clash ... There was no... event in eastern Baghdad, specifically, no event we're tracking in Obeidi.
was said
in Yahoo News
Eight members of the Awakening were killed at the checkpoint. Several were wounded ... The target of the attack was Sheikh Shathr al-Obeidi.
was said
in Rantburg
There were a lot of problems in the area we call the Golden Hills and the Obeidi region ... Now with the security structure there, with the Sons of Iraq, the Iraqi army and us, it’s safe for these families to come back home. They all want peace.
said Dane Barksdale
in DVIDS
