Sadr

Source: www.reuters.com --- 3 days ago
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed the United States Friday for the assassination of a lawmaker who belonged to the cleric's parliamentary bloc, killed a day earlier in a bomb attack. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 days ago
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's surprise visit to Iraq is aimed at forcing Iraqis into signing the SOFA deal, Sadr block says. ...

Source: blog.wired.com --- 18 hours ago
The report is a little too rah-rah to take as definitive. But 60 Minutes' look at the drone-heavy battle for Sadr City shows how American forces' robo-plane tactics are evolving. Teams of smaller Shadow drones and armed Predators were used... ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 4 days ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr's bloc was killed by a bomb in Baghdad Thursday, in an attack that some feared may herald a wave of assassinations before provincial elections. ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 4 days ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of supporters of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Sadr City on Friday to mourn the death of a Sadrist lawmaker, assassinated a day earlier in a bomb attack. ...

Source: www.salon.com --- 4 days ago
Thousands of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have taken part in a procession in Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker. The crowd walked Friday through the Shiite district of Sadr City behind a car carrying the casket of politician Saleh al-Auqaeili. Al-Auqa... ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 4 days ago
Highly secret hi-tech tactics and technology helped defeat Muqtada al-Sadr's militia fighters in the battle for Sadr City. Lesley Stahl reports for 60 Minutes, this Sunday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 14 hours ago
Weaponry so advanced that it spots the enemy and destroys it from nearly two miles above the battlefield made the difference in the fight for Sadr City last spring. Lesley Stahl's report shows rare footage of the weaponry in action. ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 3 hours ago
Highly secret hi-tech tactics and technology helped defeat Muqtada al-Sadr's militia fighters in the battle for Sadr City. Lesley Stahl reports for 60 Minutes. ...

Source: www.ft.com --- 3 days ago
A senior Shia lawmaker loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, raising concerns about the potential for violence ahead of provincial elections expected early next year ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 4 days ago
An Iraqi lawmaker loyal to the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr was killed Thursday when a bomb struck his convoy in Baghdad, officials said. ...

Source: www.startribune.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: archive.gulfnews.com --- 5 days ago
A roadside bomb seriously wounded a member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr's bloc in Baghdad on Thursday, one of his bodyguards said. ...

Source: www.azstarnet.com --- 3 days ago
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 January. ...

Source: www.iraqslogger.com --- 7 days ago
Eyewitnesses in eastern Baghdad report that they witnessed what might have been a deadly shooting attack on an American convoy last week. ...

Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 4 days ago
Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday to capture the assassins of a Shiite MP, the first lawmaker to be killed in 18 months, and ordered a top-level investigation. Maliki said he appointed a panel headed by Interior Minister Jawad Bolani to probe the assassination of Saleh al-Ogayly, 41, in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a Shiite stronghold. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 4 days ago
Baghdad: A member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr's bloc died after a bomb struck his car in Baghdad on Thursday, fellow politicians said. At least two members of Iraq's parlia... ...