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Saudi Shiite Detained For Protesting To King
2008-05-24 09:33:00 Saui authorities have detained a leading Ismaili activist who complained to the King of Saudi Arabia ovr allgedrights abuses againt the Shiite minority in the country. Ahmd Turki Al-Saab was arrested days after he and five othr Shiites from the southern province of Najran handed King Abdullah a 300 page report over abuses by his ...
Shiite Militia, U.S. Forces Clash
2008-04-21 05:48:00 BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Heavy fighting broke out in Baghdad on Sunday following a particularly deadly night in the eastern part of the city.
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Shiite Militia, U.S. Forces Clash
2008-04-21 05:48:00 BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Heavy fighting broke out in Baghdad on Sunday following a particularly deadly night in the eastern part of the city.
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Gunmen Kill Aide to Shiite Cleric in Iraq
2008-04-11 17:39:00 BAGHDAD - A senior aide of Moktada al-Sadr, the radical anti-American cleric, was killed in Najaf, the Shiite holy city south of Baghdad, as he returned home from prayers on Friday in what Sadrists officials said was an assassination carried out by
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16 killed as Iraqi forces clash with Shiite militiamen in Baghdad
2008-04-09 17:28:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen clashed Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, where attacks killed 16 people on the
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Shiite Cleric Warns About End To Cease Fire
2008-04-09 09:01:00 Muqtada al-Sadr, Shiite leader of the Mahdi militia, warned the Iraq government he might end the self imposed cease fire which has held his men away from fighting American and Iraq armed forces. However, his comments did not stop US and Iraq military forces from continuing their efforts to defeat the Mahdi militia in ...
Storm Track Appeasement: Minneapolis To Muslim Cabbies: Tough Shiite
2008-04-03 17:56:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog We all remember the Muslim cabbies in Minneapolis who refused to carry riders who had alcohol or a dog in their possession. Well, the issue has finally made its way through the bureaucracy of the Minneapolis Metropolitan Airport Commission and they have given their decision to the Muslims cabbies. Tough Shiite! The Metropolitan ...
So Who Really Won Iraqi Offensive Against Shiite Militias? (HINT: Not al-Ma
2008-04-02 17:19:00 Last Saturday , I questioned whether Shiite militias were copying the strategy and tactics of Hezbollah in its defensive standoff Lebanon in 2006 against the Israelis. Unlike other commentators who forecast victory based on body counts, I was pessimistic about the eventual outcome: "But the Shiite militia leaders have already achieved one strategic goal: they showed Pentagon planners and American voters that the Iraqi army is nowhere ready to secure Iraq, much as Hezbollah exposed the weaknesses...(read more)
Cleric Suspends Battle in Basra By Shiite Militia
2008-03-31 04:29:00 BAGHDAD - The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraqs government, after six days in which his Mahdi Army militia has held off an American-supported Iraqi
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Cleric Suspends Shiite Militias Fight in Basra
2008-03-31 03:54:00 BAGHDAD - The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraqs government, after six days in which his Mahdi Army militia has held off an American-supported Iraqi
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Shiite militias cling to swaths of Basra and stage raids
2008-03-30 11:57:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size BAGHDAD: Shiite militiamen in Basra openly controlled wide swaths of the city on Saturday and staged increasingly bold raids on Iraqi government
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Shiite Leader Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Gov't
2008-03-30 08:05:00 Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
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Shiite Leader Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Gov?t
2008-03-30 00:31:00 BAGHDAD (AP) - Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash ...
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Shiite cleric tells followers to defy Iraqi government
2008-03-29 21:27:00 BAGHDAD (AP) - Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against
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Shiite Anger Mounts in Iraq Amid Clashes
2008-03-27 12:36:00 Tens of thousands of Shiites took the streets to protest the government's crackdown on militias in Basra as heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and gunmen erupted for a third day in the southern oil port and Baghdad.
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US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia
2008-03-26 04:06:00 Iraq’s leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled government forces for control of the southern oil capital, fought U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and unleashed rockets on the Green Zone. (more…)
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Iraqi Leaders Face Grave Shiite Crisis
2008-03-25 23:30:00 BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq’s leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled for control of the southern oil capital, fought U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and unleashed rockets on the Green Zone. Armed Mahdi Army militiamen appeared on some Baghdad streets for the first time ...
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Iraqi and U.S. forces fight Shiite militia men in Baghdad and Basra
2008-03-25 17:42:00 The scale and intensity of the clashes kept many residents home in Baghdad. Barrages of what appeared to be rockets hit the fortified Green Zone area for the second time in three days.
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Shiite militia in Iraq sparks clashes
2008-03-25 15:53:00 The scale and intensity of the clashes kept many residents home in Baghdad. Barrages of mortars hit the fortified Green Zone area for the second time in three days.
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Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq
2008-03-18 00:51:00 BAGHDAD - A bombing on Monday evening killed 43 people near the Imam Hussein shrine in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, penetrating one of the most secure perimeters in Iraq, and Iraqi police officers at the scene and several witnesses said it had
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Iraqi Shiite Leaders Denounce Ahmadinejad Visit
2008-03-08 18:24:00 More than 130 tribal leaders from the predominantly Shiite provinces of southern Iraq signed a letter denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s visit to their country. The letter states: ?Since five years ago Iraq has turned into the scene of the Iranian regime?s meddling and aggression. Everyday hundreds of Iraqis are victims of the Iranian exported terrorism. ...
Shiite Officials Freed After Murder Charges Dropped
2008-03-04 19:02:00 Two former senior Shiite government officials who were charged with kidnapping and killing scores of Sunnis have been unexpectedly ordered released after prosecutors dropped the case against them. American and iraq government offiicals who spent a year assembling evidence were shocked at the development. A US legal adviser noted: “this shows that the judiciail system ...
On Shiite Characteristics
2008-03-02 08:34:00 282- Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Once a group of people started walking behind Ameer al-Momineen (a.s). He asked them who they were. They said that they were his followers. He asked them why they did not have the signs of his followers. They asked him what the signs of the Shiites are. He said: ...
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Bombers, gunmen attack Shiite pilgrimage in Iraq
2008-02-24 15:26:00 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 27 Shiite pilgrims and wounded 45 others Sunday as the pilgrims made their way to Karbala to commemorate one of the holiest days of the Shiite calendar, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Trial Balloon- Shiite style. Sadr Expected to extend truce.
2008-02-22 05:21:00 Story here. Powered by b2evolution.
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Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr May Lift 6-Month Ceasefire
2008-02-20 17:11:00 Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to lift by the end of the week a six-month cease-fire widely credited with helping reduce violence in Iraq, officials said Wednesday.
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Iraqi Shiite Festival Escapes Bloodshed
2008-01-19 22:24:00 Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims clambered aboard buses or began trekking homeward on foot Saturday at the end of Ashoura, a 10-day ritual to cleanse the spirit and scourge the body in honor of their founding saint.
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Violence Mars Shiite Holiday in Iraq
2008-01-19 18:11:00 Bombs and a rocket attack killed at least nine worshippers in northern Iraq on Saturday during the holiest celebration of Shiite Islam, as hundreds of thousands of bloody penitents across Iraq honored the martyrdom of their revered saint.
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Violence Mars Shiite Holiday in Iraq
2008-01-19 18:04:00 Bombs and a rocket attack killed at least nine worshippers in northern Iraq on Saturday during the holiest celebration of Shiite Islam, as hundreds of thousands of bloody penitents across Iraq honored the martyrdom of their revered saint.
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Iraqi troops clash with messianic Shiite cult during holy day
2008-01-19 13:47:00 The cult, Supporters of Mahdi -- also called Soldiers of Heaven -- believes that Imam Mahdi, who disappeared in the 9th century, is about to return and save the world.
Iraqi troops clash with members of Shiite cult; nearly 50 dead
2008-01-19 12:14:00 Nearly 50 people have been killed when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshipers during Islam’s most important holiday in Iraq’s two major southern cities.
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Second Suicide Bomber Attacks a Shiite Mosque in Iraq
2008-01-18 03:52:00 The bomber blew himself up at a civilian checkpoint erected to protect the Shafta mosque in Baquba during the ceremony of Ashura, which commemorates the seventh-century slaying of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammads grandson and a revered figure to
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Another Suicide Bomber Targets Shiite Mosque in Iraq
2008-01-17 19:25:00 The bomber blew himself up at a civilian checkpoint erected to protect the Shafta mosque in Baquba during the ceremony of Ashura, which commemorates the 7th century slaying of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammads grandson and a revered figure to
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Face to Face with Hezbollah - The Many Faces of the Lebanese Shiite Organiz
2008-01-17 06:01:00 by Dan Lieberman They speak English, carry I-pods and listen to Santana and Guns and Roses. They don’t approach with anger and don’t behave overbearing. They seem well-educated, mostly from Beirut’s American University, and are alert to world happenings. They impress as being more secular than pious. They are spokespersons for Hezbollah – the Party of God. Maybe they are a selected group of well-trained talkers for foreigners; a subtle means to convince the unwary that Hezbollah’s followers are just every-day guys and gals. Maybe, but observations and events were inconsistent with the media’s drastic descriptions of the militant Lebanese Shiite movement. The Party of God has insufficient support for exercising political control of Lebanon and knows it doesn’t have the numbers or the strength to turn the Levant into an Islamic Republic. Hezbollah’s clerics don’t indicate they intend to force Shari’a upon their constituencies. More an amalgam of differing ...
Shiite Power Struggle Deepens in Iraq
2007-12-26 06:45:00 KARBALA, Iraq -- Posted at the door of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office recently, a flier denounced the arrests of his followers.
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Iraqi Shiite Wants to Limit Sunni Patrols
2007-12-21 20:36:00 The comments by the political leader, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, reflected growing resistance among many Shiites to the neighborhood groups, also known as Awakening Councils, which are almost exclusively Sunni
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Disaffected Iraqis Spurn Shiite Clerics
2007-12-21 14:29:00 NAJAF, Iraq -- Two years after helping to bring to power a government led by Shiite religious parties, Iraq's paramount Shiite clerics find their influence diminished as their followers criticize them for backing a political alliance that has failed
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Iraq: Shiite cautions on awakening groups(AP) (World News)
2007-12-21 14:05:00 Iraq: Shiite cautions on awakening groups(AP) AP - The leader of the largest Shiite political party in Iraq told about 5,000 faithful who gathered for Islamic holy day prayers that U.S.-backed anti-al-Qaida groups mostly comprised of Sunnis should be on the side of government forces and not try to replace them. Bleak Christmas ahead for weary Zimbabweans(Reuters) Reuters - Workers in one of Harare's bigdepartment stores stock shelves with luxury goods only the richcan afford, while at an adjacent bank ordinary Zimbabweans areclamoring for cash which is the latest thing in short supply. Suicide attack kills 50 in Pakistan(AP) AP - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb packed with ball bearings and nails amid hundreds of holiday worshippers Friday at the residential compound of Pakistan's former interior minister, killing at least 50 people, authorities said. Israel looking at Hamas truce idea(AP) AP - Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense o...
Iran Still Supporting Shiite Militias
2007-12-19 06:58:00 A new Pentagon report has concluded that Iran continues to provide money, training and weapons to Shiite militias in Iraq, although U.S. commanders previously stated that attacks using lethal bombs linked to Iran have fallen in recent months.
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Militants raid Shiite village, kill 13
2007-12-01 19:16:00 BAGHDAD (AP) - Dozens of militants stormed a Shiite village north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and torching homes, police said.
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Shiite and Sunni Clerics Promote Unity
2007-11-27 21:41:00 For those who continue to suggest that recent success in Iraq is some sort of mirage, you may want to consider a report from the AP describing recent developments among the Shiite and Sunni clerics. As is always the case with such news one should remain cautiously optimistic. But to dismiss positive results especially if your prevailing position is that of a far left antiwar surrendering and appeasing liberal makes the case for those who oppose your defeatist and submissive behavior.The now famous troop surge that was dismissed by liberal critics who are totally invested in defeat for at least political reasons has established a beneficial trend in Iraq. Reports have indicated the improvements were enough to convince displaced Iraqis to return home. And while visitors to my blog have been known to call the reduction in violence an Al-Qaeda ploy to wait out a US departure, the combination of the surge, peaceful pursuits of clerics, returning Iraqis and the continued joint efforts of ...
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Shiite parties reject proposal to allow return of Baathists
2007-11-26 08:55:00 Shiites reject Bill to allow return of Baathists Agencies Published: November 26, 2007, 00:33 Baghdad: A long-awaited Bill to allow members of Saddam Hussain's Sunni Baath party to return to public life in Iraq was tabled in parliament yesterday but immediately rejected by jeering hardline Shiites. Washington regards the bill as vital to stuttering reconciliation efforts in Iraq and it has made its adoption one of 18 benchmarks by which the progress of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki's Shiite-led government can be measured. => Read more!
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Bill Draws Shiite Anger
2007-11-26 06:42:00 BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 -- A draft law that would ease restrictions on former members of , a measure seen by the Bush administration as crucial to national reconciliation, was presented in parliament on Sunday for the first time.
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What a Bunch of Shiite
2007-11-09 21:57:00 Muslim Rivalry Hits New York Prisons The rivalry and violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims isn’t just limited to Iraq. It is increasingly found in one place presumed shut off from the influence of faraway sectarian politics: New York’s state prisons. In the last two decades, the state’s Muslim inmates, who number 7,987, have been increasingly identifying ...
Militia Leader ID?d as Mastermind of Iraqi Kidnappings
2007-10-29 23:11:00 A renegade Mahdi Army militia commander is responsible for the kidnapping Sunday of 10 Shiite and Sunni tribal leaders. Arkan Hasnawi, identified as a former brigade commander in Jaysh Al Mahdi, was behind the kidnappings, which took place in the Diyala Province as the chiefs were returning from a meeting in Baghdad with a representative of ...
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Shiite Militias Seen as Rising Threat
2007-10-22 06:34:00 Gen. David H. Petraeus and have concluded that Shiite extremists pose a rising threat to the U.S. effort in Iraq, as the relative influence of Sunni insurgent groups such as has diminished drastically because of ongoing U.S. operations.
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Shiite Militias Seen as Rising Threat
2007-10-22 06:34:00 Gen. David H. Petraeus and have concluded that Shiite extremists pose a rising threat to the U.S. effort in Iraq, as the relative influence of Sunni insurgent groups such as has diminished drastically because of ongoing U.S. operations.
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U.S. military captures Shiite militia leader accused of sectarian cleansing
2007-10-06 13:18:00 By KIM CURTIS Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) A Shiite militia leader believed to be responsible for sectarian cleansing north of Baghdad was captured the same day another raid in the same town left 25 people dead, the U.S. military said Saturday.
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Shiite Bloc Sharply Criticizes U.S. Outreach to Sunnis
2007-10-02 22:24:00 The United Iraqi Alliance, the largest political bloc in Parliament, whose members control the government, said that the American military's recruiting of Sunnis in sensitive areas in and around the capital amounted to empowering men with histories of
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Holy Shiite! Mahmoud Say It Ain’t So!
2007-09-25 13:42:00 h/t. Lucianne “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at Columbia University on Monday in response to a question about the recent execution of two gay men there. “In Iran we do not have this phenomenon,” he continued. “I do not know who has told you we have ...
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