SADR'S ARMY ANALYSIS ANALYSIS With 10,000 fighters behind him, 32 Iraqi...

The Sunday Herald;  January 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......to a scruffy young Shi'ite cleric who appeared...black-clad troops of the Mehdi Army took to the streets...country, but the young Shi'ite cleric has still...the problem of the Shi'ite militias has...be damaged if the Mehdi Army were disarmed or...

Iraq shrine bombing fuels Shi'ite protests

China Daily;  February 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Qaida-inspired Sunni militants of blasting the Shi'ite shrine to foment civil war. There was no immediate...Samarra's Golden Mosque, one of Iraq's four holiest Shi'ite sites, and used explosives to bring down its 100...National Security Adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, a Shi'ite, who ...

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...

38 Shi'ite militants killed in Baghdad clashes

Belfast Telegraph;  April 28, 2008 ;     60 words ...The clashes broke out when Shi'ite militias used the advantage of a sandstorm to attack several checkpoints...Yesterday's clashes were concentrated in Sadr City, the stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia controlled by Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

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...

Top Shi'ite cleric arrives in Najaf

China Daily;  August 27, 2004 ;     469 words ...NAJAF, Iraq: The top Shi'ite cleric in Iraq arrived in Najaf...efforts to try to persuade the Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq's holiest Shi'ite shrine appeared to be gaining...converge on Najaf, where the Mehdi Army militiamen are holed up in...

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...

Shi'ite Marchers Protest U.S. Presence.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  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...

IRAQ - Kurdish-Shi'ite Split Over Kirkuk Frozen.

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy;  October 10, 2005 ;     353 words ......over the oil-rich zone of Kirkuk with Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari and...after Oct. 15. Leaders of the Kurdish and Shi'ite Arab blocs met on Oct. 3-5 and eventually...vote against Dr. Ja'fari, who leads the Shi'ite Islamist Da'wa Party and is a brother...

Shi'ite leaders vow security overhaul.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times;  March 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON TIMES BAGHDAD - Members of the Shi'ite coalition that won Iraq's elections are...United Iraqi Alliance, many of whose mainly Shi'ite members complain of being harassed by...laws are to be adhered to. But within the Shi'ite rank and file, there is mounting pressure...

TOP SHI'ITE CLERICS BEGIN TO PRESS FOR AN ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION

The Boston Globe;  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...NAJAF, Iraq Top Shi'ite clerics, emboldened by what they perceive...their followers for the coalition of Shi'ite religious parties, have already directed...of Islamist parties supported by the Shi'ite clerical establishment, has convinced...

A new dawn for the Shi'ite faithful

Middle East;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Ed Blanche reports THE EMERGENCE OF A SHI'ITE-DOMINATED government in Iraq, even if...ruled by the majority Sunnis. They fear a "Shi'ite crescent" stretching from Asia to the...centrepiece the murderous campaign against the Shi'ite majority being waged by Abu Musab Al Zarqawi...

Shi'ite minarets reclaim skyline; Target of bans, Sunni militants.(PAGE...

The Washington Times;  July 7, 2007 ;     656 words ......Despite repeated assaults, minarets of Shi'ite mosques are reclaiming their places on...signs of liberation to the 15 million Shi'ite Muslims who were forbidden under Saddam...restricted the construction of minarets at Shi'ite mosques to check Shi'ite unity and ...