IRAQ - Apr 14 - Shi'ite Leader Defends Troops Who Gave Up Arms.

APS Diplomat Recorder;  April 19, 2008 ;     343 words ...The radical Shi'ite leader Muqtada...Monday Iraqi security forces sacked after...predominantly Shi'ite security forces expressed sympathy...to purge the security forces of Sadrist sympathisers...worried about Shi'ite militia infiltration...

VIOLENCE EXPOSES SHI'ITE DIVISIONS IRAQ SECURITY FORCES KILL 2 BAGHDAD...

The Boston Globe;  September 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ...BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired on demonstrators loyal...and open split within the Shi'ite Muslim community. The rift...kind of violence between Shi'ite factions, which could spread to middle-class Shi'ite areas that have been comparatively...

Sunni leaders gain power by working with U.S. Take advantage of weak...

The Washington Times;  August 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......ineffectiveness of the Shi'ite-led central government...by recognizing their security forces and awarding them reconstruction...Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-majority government is...nothing, said Hassan, a Shi'ite from Iraq's rapidly disappearing...

US, MILITIA TO PULL OUT OF IRAQI CITY SHI'ITE LEADER OK'S CEASE-FIRE IN...

The Boston Globe;  May 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......stronghold in this holy Shi'ite city and American commanders...deadly combat in Iraq's Shi'ite heartland. On the streets...The agreement with the Shi'ite religious leader leaves...the holiest figure for Shi'ite Muslims after the Prophet...anger among the country's ...

Iraq shrine bombing fuels Shi'ite protests

China Daily;  February 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Sunni mosques were damaged in revenge attacks, Shi'ite militiamen posted themselves on streets and Iraq's senior Shi'ite cleric called for peaceful protests. Iraq's Grand...was shown on television meeting fellow senior Shi'ite clerics yesterday in an all but unprecedented...top ...

VOA NEWS: SHI'ITE PILGRIMS MARK HOLIDAY IN IRAQI CITY OF KARBALA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 20, 2006 ;     267 words ......following story: Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims descended on the Iraqi city...concerns of more sectarian violence. Shi'ite Muslims whipped themselves with chains...stay in Iraq until the country's new security forces can protect the country's fledgling...in coordinated ...

VOA NEWS: TEMPORARY VEHICLE BAN IN FORCE IN BAGHDAD AS THOUSANDS OF...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 19, 2006 ;     180 words ......the following story: Iraqi security forces are on high alert Saturday as thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims gather in Baghdad...Army, loyal to the radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, are patrolling roads taken by Shi'ite worshippers into the city...

Iraq reopens old faultlines in Muslim politics; Volatility between Sunni...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  February 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......but as a writer once quipped, it has a Shi'ite heart and a Sunni mind. In its eclectic...and nuts to mark Ashura, the most sacred Shi'ite Muslim holiday. Raucous festivals bring...the street to celebrate the birthdays of Shi'ite saints, a practice disparaged by austere...

Shi'ite revival roiling Mideast.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times;  August 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The world's Shi'ite Muslims, traditionally second-class citizens...performance by fighters of Lebanon's radical Shi'ite Hezbollah movement in the five-week war...the more numerous Sunni Muslims. But the Shi'ite revival also poses major problems for...

VOA NEWS: BAGHDAD CAR BOMBING KILLS THREE IN MAINLY SHI'ITE NEIGHBORHOOD

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 18, 2007 ;     209 words ......people. Authorities say the blast Sunday struck a mainly Shi'ite neighborhood. Other violence today included a roadside...died in a non-combat related incident. Meanwhile, Iraqi security forces say they seized a cache of weapons and arrested seven...by phone, and he said the charges were ...

VOA NEWS: SHI'ITE SECT, IRAQI FORCES CLASH IN BASRA; AT LEAST FIVE KILLED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 18, 2008 ;     244 words ......following story: Iraqi police say clashes between security forces and armed members of a Shi'ite sect have killed at least 40 people in the...observances -- one of the holiest events for Shi'ite Muslims. The high point of Ashura takes place...

VOA NEWS: IRAQI SHI'ITE, SUNNI POLITICIANS MEET

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 25, 2006 ;     225 words ......issued the following story: Iraq's top Shi'ite and Sunni politicians met in Baghdad Saturday...aftermath of Wednesday's attack on the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra. Sunni politicians...together to calm the violence. Earlier, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's representatives...

VOA NEWS: BLASTS KILL 36 AT SHI'ITE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES IN IRAQ

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2007 ;     253 words ......people were killed in bomb attacks against Shi'ite Muslims performing rituals for Ashura...a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque near the town of Mandali, close...toward a mosque. In Baghdad, at least five Shi'ite pilgrims were killed when their car was...

SHI'ITE MARCHERS PROTEST US PRESENCE

The Boston Globe;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......millions of pilgrims assembled here, the Shi'ite cleric who controls this holy town led...Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, a Shi'ite exile group long based in Iran, declared...the culmination of the most important Shi'ite holiday, a 40-day period of mourning for...

VOA NEWS: IRAQ'S TOP SHI'ITE CLERIC WARNS AGAINST CONTINUING VIOLENCE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 3, 2006 ;     139 words ......Voice of America issued the following story: Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has warned the nation...released Saturday, the ayatollah called the failure of Iraqi security forces to decrease the violence plaguing the country "serious...officials say they have found the ...