Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr warned Iraqi lawmakers that approving a
U.S. troop agreement would be tantamount to a betrayal of the Iraqi people, as his supporters rallied today against the deal.
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Falling into a depression after her husband was killed last year, Iman immersed herself in religious studies and became fixated on a Shiite Muslim saint.
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Predawn raids by elite Iraqi forces today resulted in the fatal shooting of a government employee and the arrest of two prominent Sunni Arab Muslims, witnesses and officials said.
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The
U.S. military Wednesday accused a Shiite Muslim hard-liner of being responsible for a deadly truck bombing in Baghdad, saying he apparently was trying to provoke a new cycle of sectarian war between Shiites and Sunni Arabs.
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BAGHDAD – A car bomb exploded today near a busy bus station in western Baghdad’s Shiite district of Hurriya, killing 51 people and wounding 75, security officials said.
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The corniche buzzes at night: drivers honking to friends on the sidewalk, teenagers joy-riding rickety motorboats along the murky Shatt al Arab, families lining up for rides on the yellow-lit Ferris wheel.
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Four summers ago, when militiamen loyal to hard-line Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr were battling
U.S. forces in the holy city of Najaf, Mohammed Lami was among them.
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When I feel uneasy, the only thing that relaxes me is to go shopping in my neighborhood bazaar.
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Outside Mar Eliya church, not much had changed since last
Christmas: Concrete blocks still surround the building and guards
check the
IDs of those entering.
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Sajid Rasool Shakir sits on a busy street corner waiting for customers.
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