Article: Clashes continue in Najaf, Baghdad.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: U.S.: Sadr City Again a Militants' Haven
AP Online;  September 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... trying to calm Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again become a haven for ... American troops believe originated from Sadr City. Yet the Americans have been restrained ... militia in Iraq. Instead of venturing into Sadr City in strength, U.S. troops are concentrating ...

Article: U.S. Sees Sadr City As Model for Fallujah
AP Online;  November 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... children stand next to a flooded street in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq,in this Oct. 22 ... to Baghdad's Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City could be a model for Fallujah, once ... bustle continues uninterrupted. This is Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest slum, home to ...

Article: In Sadr City, U.S. Mission Shifts From Urban ...
The Washington Post;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... over two weeks ago, U.S. troops in Sadr City were on the front lines of fierce, unrelenting ... S. role in military operations in Sadr City, a stronghold of militias loyal to anti ... soldiers; and wads of cash. "If we get Sadr City right and create irreversible momentum ...

Article: Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's Sadr ...
The Washington Post;  May 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a deal took hold to ... deepened by recent weeks of bloodshed in Sadr City, where an estimated 2 million people ... official at Sadr's headquarters in Sadr City. "We are in a stage of war, and this ...

Article: Sadr City begins to turn around New challenges as ...
International Herald Tribune;  February 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... past the main guarded checkpoint into Sadr City, children kicked soccer balls on fields ... a cafe nearby to chatter and laugh. Sadr City, once infamous as a fetid slum and symbol ... assistance. But as Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive as self-enclosed fiefdoms ...

Article: Sadr City, long a slum, now recovering
International Herald Tribune;  February 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... past the main guarded checkpoint into Sadr City, children kicked soccer balls on fields ... a cafe nearby to chatter and laugh.Sadr City, once infamous as a fetid slum and symbol ... assistance. But as Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive as self-enclosed fiefdoms ...

Article: Iraq Sends Troops Into Sadr City; Large Deployment ...
The Washington Post;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of Iraqi soldiers entered the volatile Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday ... who operate from small outposts in Sadr City, did not play an active role. Iraqi officials and Sadr City residents said the soldiers, who streamed ...