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The Mahdi army in Iraq has added a new and simple yet lethal weapon to its armoury. It is the Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions, or IRAMs. The US army has termed it the ‘flying IEDs.’ It is a low-tech weapon that has a propane tank with...
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Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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The Iraqi government says the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq is “non-extendable.”
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Iraqi and U.S. forces have arrested three leading members of a Sunni militia on suspicion of carrying out attacks _ including downing an American military helicopter _...
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An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack that could sharpen...
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The U.S. military says two American soldiers were killed when an attacker wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire near the northern city of Mosul.
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U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police had just sat down for lunch inside a police building in Mosul. Flak vests and other protective gear were removed.
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A would-be suicide bomber captured on the doorstep of a mosque in northern Iraq is a Syrian linked to al-Qaida in Iraq, police said Saturday.
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Iraqi police say a roadside bomb has killed at least three people near the northern city of Kirkuk.
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The U.S. death toll for April rose to 18, the military said Friday, making it the deadliest in seven months for American forces in Iraq. The sharp increase from the...
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The U.S. death toll for April rose to 18, the military said Friday, making it the deadliest in seven months for American forces in Iraq. The sharp increase from the...
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The anger in Baghdad’s main Shiite district was raw and restless after twin car bombings took more than 50 lives earlier this week. But the true measure of the...
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Iraqi officials and tribal leaders have protested what they say was a U.S. raid that killed two brothers who were policemen in a mainly Sunni area north of Baghdad.
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The U.S. military says three American troops have been killed in fighting in Iraq.
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The Iraq war formally ended for British forces on Thursday as America’s main battlefield ally handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to U.S. commanders and...
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The Iraqi government decided Thursday to kill three wild boars at the Baghdad Zoo amid worldwide fears of swine flu, officials said.
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British forces handed over military control of the Basra area to U.S. commanders Thursday to clear the way for America’s main battlefield ally to exit Iraq after...
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The U.S. military says an American soldier has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow soldier in northern Iraq.
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Iraqi police have raised the death toll in a twin car bombing in Baghdad’s main Shiite district to at least 41.
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Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called for restraint in an apparent bid to exert control over his Mahdi Army militia fighters.A statement read after Friday prayers...
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The U.S. military has tied itself into a verbal knot as it tries to avoid further inflaming tensions with Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr while confronting members of his...
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A look at Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia.___MUQTADA AL-SADR: He is the son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a key cleric under...
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Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces _ a worrisome shift that may reflect...
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Twelve people died in overnight clashes in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, which has become a chief battleground between U.S. and Iraqi forces and the Mahdi Army of...
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Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Tuesday to lift a seven-month freeze on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government does not halt attacks on his followers...
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Iraqi government forces and the Mahdi Army clashed anew Tuesday in Baghdad despite a government ultimatum to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to either disband his...
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Iraqi police say government forces and Mahdi Army militiamen are clashing in Baghdad’s Sadr City district.A police officer said Tuesday the two sides are using...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued his strongest warning yet to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or face political...
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Iraq’s major Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties have closed ranks to force anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or leave...
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More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen either refused to fight or simply abandoned their posts during the inconclusive assault against Shiite militias in Basra...
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Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a fallen comrade as a U.S....
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The Iraqi commander of an offensive against Shiite militias has led a convoy into a Mahdi Army stronghold that has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the southern...
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Militiamen with the Mahdi Army, the followers of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, mostly vanished from the streets of Basra on Monday, a day after he ordered them to...
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A feisty Muqtada al-Sadr, making his first public appearance since May, said in a TV interview aired Saturday that he was in almost total control of the Mahdi Army and...
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