Iraqi Shi'ite protesters call for protection by militiamen
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BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims beating their chests in mourning accompanied 17 coffins through Baghdad's main Shi'ite district yesterday, demanding that militiamen be allowed to protect them after a wave of attacks blamed on Sunni Arab insurgents.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraq's ruling Shi'ite leaders on Friday urged neighboring states and Western powers to join forces to help prevent an all-out civil war that could spread across the oil-rich region.
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Prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves after a weekend of violence that claimed more than 220 lives, including 60 who died Sunday in a surge of bombings and shootings around Baghdad.
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Analysis: Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, as raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready handle their own security
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Â· Tehran urged to stop arming Iraqi militiasÂ· Qomi proposes trilateral forum to discuss security
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Shi'ite cleric and Iraq's  interim prime minister made gestures on Friday to defuse a  two-week uprising in Najaf, after ferocious U.S. air strikes  and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people.
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KUFA, Iraq  - Powerful anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday and again demanded that U.S. troops get out of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A delegation of Iraqis arrived in Najaf on helicopters Tuesday to present radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr with a peace proposal aimed at ending the violent insurgency wracking the holy city.    The peace proposal, cobbled together Iraq's National Conference in Baghdad, demanded that al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia put down its arms and join Iraq's political process in exchange for amnesty...
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U.S. soldiers trying to win back Baghdad's streets say they have been surprised by the power and popularity of Shiite militias, whose presence they view as a major obstacle to curbing violence in the city.
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Iraqis took to the streets of Shi'ite towns and cities on Saturday to protest over the detention by U.S. troops of the eldest son of Abdul-Aziz al- Hakim, one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders.
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Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.
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Analysis: As both Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, the raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready to handle their own security
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ABOUT 1000 protesters marched through Najaf&#39;s old quarter today to demand that Moqtada Sadr and his aides leave this holy city ravaged by fighting between the radical cleric&#39;s followers and US and Iraqi troops.
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Iraqi Shia leaders appealed to their supporters to show restraint yesterday after two deadly blasts targeted their religious centres in an apparent attempt to trigger civil war.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called on radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf...
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This week's intense clashes between the Iraqi army and a Shiite militia are part of a strategy to whittle away the power of a radical cleric. But the high-risk gambit could trigger more fighting across the Shiite south &#151; at a time when the cleric's stronghold in the capital is virtually off-limits.
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Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti-U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could jeopardize recent security gains.