Sadr took a lot of Iranian guns and ammunition and money, but Sadr clearly didn't change ... Sadr clearly remains a nationalist. 
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A wounded man is treated in the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City after a car bomb struck Shiite pilgrims boarding minibuses in the mainly Shiite district of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, killing six and wounding 11 according to police and medical officials. The latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites heading to Karbala for a major religious festival that culminates this weekend, the explosives laden car blew up around 9 a.m. near minibuses assembled to pick up the pilgrims.
Injured people are seen in the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City, after a car bomb struck Shiite pilgrims boarding minibuses in the mainly Shiite district of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, killing six and wounding 11 according to police and medical officials. The latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites heading to Karbala for a major religious festival that culminates this weekend, the explosives laden car blew up around 9 a.m. near minibuses assembled to pick up the pilgrims.
Wounded civilians are attended in the Sadr City hospital after a car bomb explosion that rocked the Baghdad district of Ur, killing six men and wounding eleven others, in the early hours of August 16, 2008. The bombing targeted Shiite pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala for a religious festival, police and hospital officials said.
Doctors at the Sadr City hospital stitch up a wounded civilian after a car bomb explosion that rocked the Baghdad district of Ur, killing six men and wounding eleven others, in the early hours of August 16, 2008. The bombing targeted Shiite pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala for a religious festival, police and hospital officials said.
Worshippers hold a poster of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr with writing in arabic reading "My death would not separate Sadrist followers", as they gather after Friday prayers in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, through his aides, called on his followers to sign a blood pact to renew homage and loyalty to Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th Shiite imam who disappeared in the 9th century, and whose birthday is celebrated at the Shabaniyah festival in Karbala this weekend.
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BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad and Iraqi Army Soldiers, working together, seized a weapons cache in the Sadr City district of Baghdad Aug. 13.
At approximately 12:30 p.m., Soldiers serving with the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 6th Armor
Robert Hammett was killed during a meeting with local leaders.
Majors Will Downing, center left, and Harve Singh, right, hug Lynn Lageman, left, and Julie Rosenberg at a service for Robert Hammett.
A soldier mourned Wednesday at Fort Carson had battled
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf has vacated Aiwan-e-Sadr after stepping down from the office of President. He was accorded a ''guard of
KUFA, Iraq, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr issued a statement during Friday prayers calling on Iraqis to sign a blood oath of resistance against the U.S. occupation.
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BAQUBA, Aug 14 (IPS) - The surprise removal of the Diyala police chief has brought new hope of a more secure future.
The decision by members of the ruling council of Diyala governorate to discharge
Coalition troops killed one man and detained five others allegedly connected to al-Qaida. The individuals are believed to be involved in assassinations, bombings and financial conspiracies for the group against coalition and Iraqi forces. Various
BAGHDAD (AP) - A female suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad, killing at least 26 people and wounding dozens, police said. It was the deadliest in a series of attacks on travelers heading to the holy city of Karbala for a major
Text of report by Iraqi Media Network weekly newspaper Al-Sabah on 12 August
["The Health Ministry closes two pharmacies in A-Sadr city and seizes their medicines. Dozens of fake pharmacies detected," Al- Sabah headline]
The Health Ministry's
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Sadr took a lot of Iranian guns and ammunition and money, but Sadr clearly didn't change ... Sadr clearly remains a nationalist.
was said
in AntiWar.com
The Sadr movement and Jaish al-Mahdi (Mahdi Army) are committed to the order of Sadr. We are implementing the order of Sadr
was said
in Taiwan News
The criminal actions conducted by the government against the sons of the Sadr (group) in Sadr city, Basra, Karbala and the rest of cities...is what pushes us to settle accounts with everyone who acted wrongly
was said
in Yahoo News
