Sort by Main and Central (Free subscription) - 07/12/2008 - YouTube
... A security force raided a mosque belonging to the Sadrists , or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and arrested its imam (preacher) along with 25 worshippers in Diwaniya on Friday , Sadr's office director in the province said. "A force from the Diwaniya Emergency raided Imam Ali mosque in northwestern Diwaniya and arrested the mosque preacher Sheikh Hussein al-Karbalaie and 25...
Sort by technomusic2004 - 06/16/2008 - YouTube
In an unexpected move, Muqtada al-Sadr declared... The movement of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that it would not take part in provincial elections this year, one day after it formed a new paramilitary group to fight U.S. troops. The back-to-back moves suggested that Sadr is trying to bolster his position as the chief opponent of both the American troops in the country...
Sort by Main and Central (Free subscription) - 05/14/2008 - YouTube
... erupted late on Monday, just hours after Iraq's main Shia political bloc and supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army signed a cease-fire with the hope of ending seven weeks of violence in the city. Women and children were among the wounded, hospital officials said. The US had a nasty little scare as the IHT points out... A surface-to-air missile was fired on Saturday at an American Apache...
Sort by Red State (Free subscription) - 05/26/2008 - YouTube
... Sadr City is still in the clearing and holding phase, but they should start building soon. Muqtada al Sadr gets quite a bit of support from Sadr City residents because his group provides services and security. With the Iraqi Army and related groups doing the same, al Sadr's usefulness and relevance are reduced. Here's how Dr. iRack describes the Mosul operation: Meanwhile, the Iraqi...
Sort by Main and Central (Free subscription) - 05/16/2008 - YouTube
... al-Maliki refused to endorse US charges of Iranian involvement in arms smuggling to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, and a plan to show off a huge collection of Iranian arms captured in and around the central city of Karbala had to be called off after it was discovered that none of the arms was of Iranian origin. The news media's failure to report that the arms captured from...
Sort by Smithers MINNEAPOLIS (Free subscription) - 04/21/2008 - YouTube
FOX: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers. "I know he’s sitting in Iran," Rice said dismissively, when asked about al-Sadr’s latest threat to lift a self-imposed cease-fire [...]...
Sort by The Sundries Shack (Free subscription) - 04/25/2008 - YouTube
... strength and Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki finally shows progress on national reconciliation. “Muqtada has shown a great deal of patience not calling for an all-out war yet with so much pressure on him,” said Mohan Abedin, director of research at London's Center for the Study of Terrorism and an expert on Shiite affairs. “The Mahdi Army is by far the most powerful Iraqi faction. It can...
Sort by Nye -- Gateway to Nevada's Rurals (Free subscription) - 04/07/2008 - YouTube
Republican Senator John McCain was on Fox news this morning. He repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the cease fire in Basra last week, which he pointed to as proof that Sadr didn’t “think he was winning” the battle in Basra. He also said that the Iraqi army performed “pretty well.” McCain said: It was al-Sadr that declared the ceasefire, not...
Sort by SoapBox Law (Free subscription) - 04/07/2008 - YouTube
... *** McCain on why Obama's 'retreat and re-invasion' plan is stupid, dangerous and expensive . *** Muqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American cleric in charge of the Mahdi army that is currently giving the Iraqi government the biggest headache now that al-Qaeda has been somewhat neutralized, (something I never would have been able to write if the Democrats were in charge), is being smartly (and finally)...
Sort by Flopping Aces (Free subscription) - 04/05/2008 - YouTube
... Army and elite police units, to stabilize the fighting, and six days after the operation began, Muqtada al Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army to stand down in Basrah, Baghdad, and the South. Apparently the operation was supposed to occur this summer but Maliki pushed it up, against Petreaus’ advice. Once heavy resistance was met some of the Iraqi soldiers deserted. A brigade commander and the executive...
Sort by Think Progress (Free subscription) - 05/01/2008 - YouTube
Wheeeeee! Iraq’s prime minister vowed Thursday to fight “until the end” against Shiite militias in Basra despite protests by tens of thousands of followers of a radical cleric in Baghdad and deadly clashes across the capital and the oil-rich south. Mounting anger focused on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is personally overseeing operations against the militias dominated by Muqtada al-Sadr’s...
Sort by TECHKLEC (Free subscription) - 03/31/2008 - YouTube
<span >The Iraqi prime minister says a decision by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to pull his fighters off the streets is "a step in the right direction." (March 30)
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 04/01/2008 - YouTube
... weekend to win the support of the commander of Iran’s Qods brigades in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr to order his followers to stop military operations, members of the Iraqi parliament said. The Qom discussions may or may not bring an end to the fighting but they almost certainly have undermined Maliki - who made repeated declarations that there would be no negotiations and that...
Sort by Theodore's World (Free subscription) - 03/27/2008 - YouTube
A man holds up a banner depicting Mr Maliki as an American pawn during a protest in Sadr City Relations between Sadr and Nouri al-Maliki have deteriorated sharply as the two men clashed over fighting between Iraqi forces and...
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 04/01/2008 - YouTube
... weekend to win the support of the commander of Iran's Qods brigades in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr to order his followers to stop military operations, members of the Iraqi parliament said. But I'm sure the media will get right on to pointing this latest incredible factual screw as soon as they finish getting the hard-candy St. John gave them.
