Iraq Gives Rebels Hours to Give Up or Face &#39;Lesson&#39;
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq&#39;s defense minister gave Shi&#39;ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender on Wednesday, warning that troops were preparing for a major assault to &quot;teach them a lesson they will never forget.&quot; ...
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A deadline set by militants who have  threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq  was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other  hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today urged his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa. The call came after Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr  is in the "final hours" before a military assault unless he  ends his stand in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq's government  said on Thursday.
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Friday&#39;s battle for the Iraqi city of Samarra is the opening salvo in what will be a campaign over the next several months to &quot;take back&quot; more than a dozen Iraq cities where insurgents hold sway, in time for country&#39;s January elections
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In Darfur, both sides play the diplomatic game. The rebels&#39; best suit is the suffering of their people. The government&#39;s is that international intervention failed spectacularly in Iraq.
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THE deadline set by insurgents who have threatened to execute a kidnapped Briton and two Americans ran out last night. The three were among dozens of hostages being held by militant groups.
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For a moment this week, it looked as if Moqtada al-Sadr - the leader of a Shiite rebellion against the US presence in Iraq - might
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Iraqi insurgents are in intense negotiations with the country's interim government to hand over control of the city to Iraqi troops, in hopes of averting a bloody military battle for the city of 300,000.
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It&#39;s morning in Najaf again, and all around the Old City center, there are the signs of destruction that a three-week-long rebellion has brought.
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Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wants his followers to end their uprising against U.S. and Iraqi forces while he considers forming a political movement, senior al-Sadr officials said Monday...
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned Monday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections, while
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Fed up with the persistent insurgency that has stymied Iraq&#39;s postwar progress, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Sunday he is reaching out to rebel
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  Saying their rebel Shiite cleric opposes abductions, top aides to Muqtada al-Sadr appealed to kidnappers to free a Western journalist they are threatening to kill unless US forces ...
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Rebels, encouraged by their comrades on the airwaves, are surrendering in exchange for amnesty.
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US-led forces say they will probably need up to five more days to finish clearing Fallujah of rebels after a week of fierce fighting that left more than 1,200 insurgents dead.