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In Baghdad's Sadr City, cleric's support underpins protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKhalil Ibrahim’s four sons are among thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric staging...
Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's followers thronged the streets of Baghdad on...
Baghdad gets make-over as repairs kindle guarded optimism
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLiving in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk...
Hundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shiite cleric to gather in a show...
Unyielding valor: The Battle of Sadr City
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCpl. Jared Jenkins and 1st.Sgt.Arthur Abiera, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, search...
Analysis-Iraq's mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMoqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems...
Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of thousands of Iraqis attended a mass prayer in a Baghdad suburb on Friday called for by an...
Turmoil in Iraq
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq. Illustrated | Getty Images Earlier this week, at least 30 people were killed in Baghdad during clashes between protesters who support the...
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoBaghdad’s streets were nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first...
Will Iraq be the next Afghanistan?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViolent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and hundreds more wounded this week. The mayhem...