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Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place:...
The Marine Corps' forgotten battle in Iraq
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in convoy along the streets...
How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week,...
Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD — Weeks after followers of an influential cleric stormed parliament, Iraq’s political crisis...
We need an extraordinary act of peace in the Middle East — and I know it can happen
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMartin Luther King; Mahatma Gandhi; Willy Brandt Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images On Oct. 7,...
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...
Analysis - Sadr raises the stakes in struggle for Iraq
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMoqtada al-Sadr has raised the stakes in the struggle for Iraq with a major political escalation...
Muslims end Ramadan, begin holiday amid war, reconciliation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLarge parts of the Muslim world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at sundown Thursday...
Drones target US troops in Iraq, causing minor injuries
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTEL AVIV/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -U.S. military forces in Iraq were targeted on Wednesday in two...
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBaghdad’s streets were nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first...
