Iraqi Shiites rally to support Hezbollah
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Hundreds of thousands of Shiites thronged a Baghdad slum Friday to show support for Hezbollah as Arab anger toward Israel mounted on the Muslim holy day. Such protests have even reached Saudi Arabia, where public discontent is rare.
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BAGHDAD, Dec 9  - Iraq&#39;s majority Shiite Muslims on Thursday unveiled a broad alliance ahead of next month&#39;s key elections that is backed by their highest religious leader but which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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KARBALA, Iraq -- Posted at the door of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office recently, a flier denounced the arrest of his followers. Up and down the barricaded street, soldiers and policemen loyal to his Shiite rivals stood sentry, some in tan armored personnel carriers, questioning anyone they...
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BAGHDAD, July 2 -- An American general said on Monday that Iraqi Shiite militiamen are being trained by Iranian security forces in cooperation with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement, offering the most specific accusations to date of Iranian involvement in specific attacks against U.S. forces.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 2 -- Hezbollah and its allies escalated Lebanon's month-long political crisis into a popular confrontation Friday and Saturday, sending hundreds of thousands of supporters into the streets, parking lots and sidewalks of downtown Beirut, vowing to topple the government of Prime Minister...
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Throngs of Lebanese came out Thursday for two opposing gatherings: Hezbollah backers for the funeral of a slain militant suspected in hundreds of American deaths, and their pro-Western opponents to mark the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 19 -- In a deepening crisis that has paralyzed Lebanese politics, the leader of Hezbollah urged his well-organized followers to prepare for mass protests aimed at toppling the U.S.-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
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NAJAF, Iraq, August 28 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Iraq&#39;s top Shiite authority reaffirmed Saturday, August 28, its opposition to armed resistance against the US-led forces in Iraq after a meeting at the house of spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah
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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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Hezbollah is to hold a rally in southern Beirut, to celebrate what it describes as its victory over Israel.
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Sadr City, once a symbol of Shiite subjugation, is recovering. Many residents credit the Mahdi Army.
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Thousands of followers of a radical cleric took to Baghdad's streets after Friday prayers to protest a triple car bombing in one of their southern strongholds and make a show of strength directed at a rival Shiite power broker.
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In Iraq, students and Shiite political parties are backing the country&#39;s forthcoming national elections. And a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says the government
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president yesterday renewed his call for Sunni-led insurgents to quickly join the Shi'ite prime minister's national reconciliation effort. A Shi'ite festival, meanwhile, drew millions of pilgrims without bloodshed yesterday.
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Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah-led protesters rallied on Friday at the doorstep of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to force the resignation of his U.S.-backed government.
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The fallout from Shiites fighting U.S. Marines in a holy city could weaken Iraq's new government
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Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters from across southern Lebanon began marching toward Beirut on Thursday for a rally to showcase the group's insistence it won't disarm.