U.S. Fights Iraqi Militia in South; Clashes Aimed at Wresting Control of...

The Washington Post;  April 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......resurgence by the Mahdi Army after weeks of...capital -- his Mahdi Army has stood down...member of the Mahdi Army. Quzueeni said...including two Mahdi Army fighters. Verzola said...neighborhoods considered Mahdi Army hubs. Residents...October, at ...

U.S. seizes a 'rogue' of Mahdi Army

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 28, 2007 ;     627 words ......Forces battled Mahdi Army militiamen in...member of the Mahdi Army, the militia...south of Baghdad. Mahdi Army officials said...military also said Mahdi Army fighters had "fired on...men as a local Mahdi Army leader and two...Hospital between ...

Top men in al-Sadr's militia killed, caught: Mahdi Army in siege mode as...

Charleston Gazette;  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...BAGHDAD - Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under...Shiite militiamen, especially the Mahdi Army fighters based in Sadr City, stormed out...Wednesday, the prime minister said 400 Mahdi Army fighters had been detained in recent months...

Mahdi Army Expressing Siege Mentality

AP Online;  January 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ...BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under...Shiite militiamen, especially the Mahdi Army fighters based in Sadr City, stormed out...the prime minister said 400 Mahdi Army fighters had been detained in recent months...

Mahdi Army Patrols Shiite Neighborhoods

AP Online;  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......be with you." Al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, keeps a sharp eye out for strangers...bombers and other Sunni Arab militants. The Mahdi Army strikes fear among Sunni Arabs, who blame...district. Coalition officials believe the Mahdi Army and other militias have infiltrated the...

19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army; After Calm Year,...

The Washington Post;  March 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......adviser to the Mahdi Army of Shiite cleric...Abu Hassan, a Mahdi Army commander, was...Falah's house, Mahdi Army fighters gathered at both...this time the Mahdi Army was not fighting...Americans against the Mahdi Army. People have...solemn-faced ...

Mahdi Army flexing muscles Al-Sadr followers push Sunnis out.

Columbia Daily Tribune;  June 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......capital from their brethren in the south. Mahdi Army militiamen in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood...cordoned off the area. In the past 10 days, Mahdi Army activity has escalated, intensifying...appears to be part of a strategy by the Mahdi Army to control swaths of the once ...

After setbacks, Sadr redirects Mahdi Army.(Moqtada al-Sadr )(WORLD)

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......another step in an attempt to transform his Mahdi Army militia from a force intent on battling...his followers and innocent Iraqis. The Mahdi Army is in a real crisis, says Abdul Kareem...since last summer at least 30 senior Mahdi Army members have been killed and some 60...

MAHDI ARMY SAID TO BE FEELING SIEGE'S EFFECTS

Roanoke Times & World News;  January 19, 2007 ;     658 words ...Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were...operations against the Mahdi Army, which is run by radical...especially the Mahdi Army fighters based in Sadr City, stormed...drawing a bead. One of the Mahdi Army commanders said the early...

Iraq's Sadr uses lull to rebuild Army.(WORLD)(Moqtada al-Sadr, Mahdi Army)

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Iraq -- For more than three months, the Mahdi Army has been largely silent. The potent, black-cl...in Baghdad, even though the US says some Mahdi Army splinter groups that it calls criminals...now in the process of reconstituting the [Mahdi] Army and removing all the bad people that ...

IRAQ: UNABLE TO DEFEAT MAHDI ARMY, U.S. AIMS TO DIVIDE IT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr. Sadr's Mahdi army is determined to end the occupation...is not prepared to make peace with the Mahdi army. Instead it believes it can somehow divide...fighting. But the proposal Frank made to the Mahdi army at a meeting Sept. 3 with both Sunni...

Britons 'seized by Mahdi Army in revenge for killing' ; Bodyguard who...

Evening Standard - London;  May 30, 2007 ;     661 words ......Baghdad. The Iraqi government named the Mahdi Army as the group it believes seized the five...foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said the Mahdi Army was most likely to be behind the abduction...There are suspicions that it might be the Mahdi Army because the location of the kidnapping...

Mahdi Army considers extending cease-fire

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......six-month freeze on activities of his Mahdi Army militia that has been credited with helping...Gregory Smith praised the role of the Mahdi Army's suspension of hostilities in bringing...organization, the Badr Organization. The Mahdi Army was widely blamed for the violence, and...

Britons seized by Mahdi Army in revenge for killing ; Bodyguard who...

Evening Standard - London;  May 30, 2007 ;     658 words ......Baghdad. The Iraqi government named the Mahdi Army as the group it believes seized the five...foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said the Mahdi Army was most likely to be behind the abduction...There are suspicions that it might be the Mahdi Army because the location of the kidnapping...

Sunni Arabs Flee Homes in Baghdad; Mahdi Army Gunmen Launch Attack on...

The Washington Post;  December 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......commander and residents, Mahdi Army militiamen loyal to radical...about a month ago the Mahdi Army threatened Sunnis to leave...said. They attacked the Mahdi Army members and occasionally...the street, he said. The Mahdi Army fought back with AK-47...Saturday morning. ...