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Aide: Iraqi leader playing on US angst
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One terrorist facilitator was killed and and 10 other insurgents were captured in Baghdad. Eleven Iraqi soldiers were kidnapped while traveling on leave north of Baquba.
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Iraq deaths al Qaeda’s try to sway US vote: Pentagon
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Some consider Mahdi Army death squad leader a hero
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U.S., Mahdi Army Skirmish in Sadr City
Minor engagement in Sadr City while searching for missing U.S. soldier A U.S. Army soldier from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Division provides security during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike Buytas. Click image to view. U.S. forces have yet again entered Sadr City, and had a brief battle with Iranian proxy Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army. “There was a short exchange of fire with members of the Mahdi Army when US forces equipped with armoured vehicles reached “Sector 28″ in the heart of the…
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Eerie calm in Baghdad as Al Qaeda vows victory
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Iraqi Al-Mahdi Army not a militia, Sunnis “unjustly treated” – Sadrist MP
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Police kill 10, wound three al Qaeda attempting to carry out ‘march’
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Mahdi Army, Iraqi Police Battle in Baquba
The Mahdi Army continues to flaunt its power. It’s decision time for Maliki. Mahdi Army fighters in Najaf during the fighting in 2004. Click image to view. Iranian proxy Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army has yet again fought government forces in pitched street battles. The scene of the latest fighting is the city of Baquba, where Mahdi fighters and policemen engaged in fighting that killed 12 police and 18 Mahdi militiamen, with over 40 wounded. “The gunmen fighting police… were believed to be members of the Mahdi Army militia, loyal to hard-line anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said Ghassan al-Bawi, police chief…
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Q&A excerpts from interview with Iraqi PM
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The Sadr City Raids
Following up the raids in Sadr City; Maliki did approve of the raids Targeting Sadr City. Image courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click image to view. The primary target of the joint Iraqi and U.S. raid inside Sadr city on October 25 was directed as Mahdi Army commander Abu Dura (or Abu Deraa), a death squad leader believed to be responsible for some of the worst sectarian killing in and around Baghdad. The initial raid led to a follow on operation in Sadr City, after “credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a US Soldier were located in a…
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Osama’s answer to Iraq’s violence
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The Anbar Salvation Council
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Iraqi Prime Minister Disavows Timetable
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Back to Sadr City
Iraqi and Coalition forces raid one of Sadr’s offices in his Baghdad stonghold Muqtada al-Sadr. The pressure on Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iranian backed leader of the Mahdi Army responsible for much of the sectarian violence in Baghdad, has been ratcheted up by Iraqi and Coalition forces. Just one day after U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad informed the press that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “has agreed to getting rid of the militias,” Iraqi and Coalition forces strike in the heart of Sadr’s center of power: Sadr city. The Associated Press reports, based a military press release, that “Iraqi army…
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Iraqi and Coalition raids against a Mahdi Army leader in Sadr City kill 5 and wound 18. U.S. forces kill 12 insurgents planting IEDs in Ramadi. The Iraqi Army arrested an al Qaeda leader and 20 terrorists in and around Kirkuk. U.S. Forces detained an al Qaeda leader in Mosul.
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US troops arrest ‘militia’ battalion commander in Baghdad and uncover weapons caches
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US soldier kidnapped on family visit in Baghdad
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Video of press briefing with Gen. Casey and US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad
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Troops Take On Insurgent Haven – US Forces Expect Counterattacks After Capturing Compound South of Baghdad
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Raids on Mahdi Army, Amara flares
Sadr continues his double game and U.S. and Iraq forces dance with Sadr in central and southern Iraq Muqtada al-Sadr. U.S. forces continue to chip away at Muqtada al-Sadr’s power base in Iraq. The Kuwaiti News Agency reports on two small raids against the offices of Sadr’s Mahdi Army in the cities of Hillah and Diwaniyah. In Hillah, there was a gunfight between U.S. and Mahdi Army fighters. No injuries were reported and no arrests were made. In Diwaniyah, a joint U.S. and Iraqi force “broke into the house of Mahdi Army local leader in Diwaniya Province but failed to…
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Khalilzad: Success in Iraq still possible
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Conclusion First, Debate Afterwards; The stacked Baker-Hamilton Commission
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Balad, Iraq: Sectarian Battles Drive Out Sunnis, Create State of Siege
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Iraq Deputy PM rejects Labor party’s pullout policy
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Iraqi Insurgent Leader: Premier’s Initiative Rejected, Dialogue With US Halted
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The Iraqi government has ordered the armed forces to take action against armed groups that break the law. The U.S. denied a New York Times report that ultimatums would be issued to the Iraqi government on progress in the security situation. Five insurgents were killed after Coalition forces destroyed a building in Balad. Six insurgents were killed and four captured in Hit. Sadr’s Mahdi Army killed four policemen in Amara.
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Five insurgents killed, building destroyed south of Balad
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US troop fatalities in Iraq grow by six
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In Iraq, Shiite vs. Shiite power play
