At least 25 bodies at Sadr&#39;s religious court
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NAJAF, Iraq : At least 25 charred and bloated bodies were discovered in the basement of a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf&#39;s Old City, police said.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult in two southern cities on Friday in which dozens of people were killed and nearly 100 wounded, officials said.
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Hundreds of militiamen were arrested today when police entered the Imam Ali Mosque, but rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr was not found, Iraqi officials said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A mortar attack on a police station  in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf on Thursday killed five people  and wounded 21 others, police said.
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Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged with 16 offences including soliciting to murder and possession of a terrorist document.
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A bomb attack near Muslim Shiites commemorating Ashura, one of the group's holiest events in Iraq kills two people a day after fighting between security forces and members of a violent Shiite messianic cult killed 56 people and raised religious tensions as millions gather to mark the day.
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Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is charged with 16 offences including 10 of soliciting the murder of non-believers.
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In an open air room at an abandoned religious court run by rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s followers, 10 bloated, darkened bodies lay covered in bloodied blankets.
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At least 25 charred and bloated bodies were discovered today in the basement of a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, but confusion reigns over how they died and why.
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As Muslims celebrated the holy month of Ramadan, Baghdad police found 60 bodies -- all showing signs of torture --dumped around the capital in a 24-hour period ending Thursday morning, pushing the number of bodies discovered so far this week to 122.
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Police rounded up dozens of suspects Monday after twin suicide car bombings killed 66 people in Iraq&#39;s Shi&#39;ite holy cities, attacks that intensified fears of widespread violence during elections on Jan. 30.
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Fighting between the US and Sadr&#39;s militia continued Monday, but families still arrive in Najaf for burials. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Najaf - Religious authorities in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf will be responsible for security at a shrine that is at the centre of a Shi&#39;a rebellion, a top adviser to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday.
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At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in gunbattles between Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen loyal to a popular cleric in the southern city of Diwaniyah, officials said Monday.
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Thousands attend the funeral of a Pakistani cleric who died in controversial circumstances.
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BAGHDAD - When guards in the holy city of Karbala waved a Shi'ite religious leader's convoy through a security cordon and into the Imam Hussein shrine last week, they incensed a crowd of rival militia men and sparked fighting that claimed the lives of at least 50 and left parts of the city smoldering.
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Iraqi officials claimed Monday that 200 militants were killed in a battle between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival