Sadr&#39;s men defy Iraq government
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prices to record highs and presented the US-backed interim government with is biggest crisis yet. &quot;Bring those Americans here to fight hand to hand,&quot; said one militant, biting his finger for emphasis.
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Iraq&#39;s majority Shiites have unveiled a major alliance ahead of next month&#39;s landmark elections that is backed by their highest religious leader - but which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Those who thought the interim government of Premier Iyad Allawi was baying for the moon when it invited Shiite militiamen in Baghdadâs Sadr City neighborhood to hand in their weapons in return for cash appear to have been proved wrong.
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THE radical cleric Muqtada al Sadr yesterday demonstrated once again his aptitude for self-preservation when he appeared to blink first in the stand-off with Iraqi and US forces in Najaf.
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Officials linked to Muqtada al-Sadr denied Wednesday that the radical Shiite cleric had fled to Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical Shi&#39;ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused yesterday to meet with a delegation of Iraqi political figures that had rushed here from Baghdad with a last-ditch offer for peace, ...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed up early on  Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final  demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr rejected one of the government's two key demands, increasing the prospect of an intensified military attack against his militia.
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BAGHDAD, March 4 -- U.S. and Iraqi troops swept into Sadr City Sunday morning, the first large-scale military push into the Shiite militia stronghold and one of the most volatile parts of the capital since the Baghdad security plan got underway.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a step aimed at ending the 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site.    Iraq's highest Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, agreed to take control of the shrine, which al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia turned into a stronghold and refuge during their fight with U.S...
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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, presenting himself as a champion of all Iraqis and demanding that U.S. troops get out of Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed up early  Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final  demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The U.S. military pounded positions  held by radical clerical Moqtada al-Sadr's lightly armed  militiamen early Friday, unleashing one of its most terrifying  aircraft in a bid to break their will to fight.
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Analysis: The resolution of the bloody battle between Sadr's Mahdi army and the Iraqi army shows that the Iraqi government still doesn't have the necessary will to rein in the Shi'ite militias
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US tanks raided the Baghdad Shi&#39;ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes pounded areas near a shrine early Friday where radical Shi&#39;ite militiamen were holed up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister to disarm.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's interim government said it  had defused a Shi'ite rebellion in Najaf on Friday without a  shot being fired, but rebel militiamen denied police had seized  the city's sacred Imam Ali Mosque from their control.