Iraq shrine bombing fuels Shi'ite protests

China Daily;  February 23, 2006 ;     732 words ...SAMARRA, Iraq: A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in...revenge attacks, Shi'ite militiamen posted...themselves on streets and Iraq's senior Shi'ite cleric called for peaceful protests. Iraq's Grand Ayatollah...meeting fellow senior ...

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - The US Casualties.

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map;  November 7, 2005 ;     469 words ......people and wounded dozens in the Shi'ite Arab south. A Basra city official...recorded its bloodiest month in Iraq since early 2005. The military...A Neo-Salafi car bomb at a Shi'ite mosque in Musayyib, a Shi'ite...number of Americans killed in Iraq passed the 2,000 mark ...

Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 28 - Iraq & The Iran/Sadr Factors.

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map;  April 14, 2008 ;     255 words ......theocracy of Iran is backing all Shi'ite Islamist groups in Iraq in a manner which, according...Iraqi Council (SIIC). Many Shi'ite Arabs in Iraq say they are stunned by the...Abu-Hossein Obama, the candidate of Iraq's Shi'ite Arabs in the government...

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

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  February 18, 2007 ;     787 words ......The growing Sunni-Shi'ite divide is roiling...a disintegrating Iraq, an ascendant Iran...influences devout Shi'ite readings of the...evolved. But the Shi'ite community - as a majority in Iraq and Bahrain and...Arab world as a Shi'ite resurgence. But...the ...

Ailing cleric's son taking up Shi'ite leadership in Iraq - Elder viewed as...

The Boston Globe;  July 2, 2007 ;   Robin Wright; John Ward Anderson;   720 words ......or failed relations with Iraq's Shi'ite politicians, President Bush...America's latest, favorite Shi'ite ally in Iraq. In May, however, the 57...the largest bloc in the Shi'ite alliance that dominates Iraq's Parliament. As Hakim undergoes...

SHI'ITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR PLACES BLAME OF GOLDEN MOSQUE BOMBING IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 15, 2007 ;     288 words ......issued the following newsletter: Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued...or Golden Mosque, a revered Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, which destroyed two of its...Sadr declares that no Muslim, Shi'ite or Sunni could possible commit...that the enemy withdraw from Iraq; a ...

VOA NEWS: ALMOST 120 KILLED IN ATTACKS ON SHI'ITE PILGRIMS IN IRAQ

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 6, 2007 ;     377 words ......say more than 120 Shi'ite pilgrims were killed...reports from northern Iraq, the violence gripping...evidence of torture. Shi'ite religious leaders...that will include Iraq's neighbors as well...Kubanchi, an aide to Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Ali al-Sistani...

Attack on Shi'ite mosque in Samarra triggers reprisals throughout Iraq

Jerusalem Post;  February 23, 2006 ;   ORLY HALPERN and AP;   787 words ......Headline: Attack on Shi'ite mosque in Samarra...reprisals throughout Iraq Byline: ORLY HALPERN...major attack against Shi'ite targets in as many...the streets around Iraq in protest, attacking...fourth most important Shi'ite shrine in Iraq. The Interior ...

Blasts kill 143 pilgrims in Iraq; Terrorists hit on Shi'ite holy day; al...

The Washington Times;  March 3, 2004 ;     787 words ......they marked a sacred Shi'ite religious holiday...mayhem, described as Iraq's bloodiest day since...between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Explosions...Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite cleric, condemned...Shi'ites to destabilize Iraq. The terrorists want...attack ...

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 22 - The Shi'ite/Iran Threats.

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula;  April 21, 2008 ;     603 words ......now regards the Shi'ite theocracy of Iran...Americana, not only in Iraq but worldwide...direct attacks by Shi'ite militias against...Iran's meddling in Iraq, Crocker's language...its approach to Iraq, Iran has backed all the Shi'ite parties and, in...

Shi'ite cleric calls for end to fighting in Iraq.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times;  April 8, 2004 ;     739 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES Iraq's leading Shi'ite cleric yesterday...up the majority of Iraq's population. There...Nevertheless, a number of Shi'ite religious leaders...escalating situation in Iraq. While the Shi'ite leadership in Iraq is divided between...

Threat of Chaos Grows Amid Shi'ite Power Feud in Iraq.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 26, 2003 ;     787 words ......News Oct. 26--NAJAF, Iraq--In the shadow of...661 into Sunni and Shi'ite camps, a struggle for control of Iraq is unfolding with...competition among Shi'ite religious leaders...Muslim leaders -- Shi'ite and Sunni alike...democratic, pluralistic Iraq and a smooth, ...

U.S. Courts Iraq Rebels With Ties to Mullahs: D.C. Welcomes Shi'ite...

Forward;  June 21, 2002 ;   Perelman, Marc;   787 words ......group representing the Shi'ite majority in Iraq and as such is seen...send a message to the Shi'ite community in Iraq, to help in a military...a vehicle to gather Shi'ite support against Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war. It is headed by...

Don't interfere! U.S. warns Iran not to meddle in Iraq as fears grow over...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 24, 2003 ;   Lowther, William;   624 words ......affairs of neighbouring Iraq. Both countries have large Shi'ite Moslem majorities...outside interference in Iraq's road to democracy...to destabilise the Shi'ite population would clearly...pilgrims flocked to Iraq's Shi'ite shrines, blowing horns...

SHI'ITE SHRINE HIT; GUNMEN KILL SON OF IRAQ'S TOP JUDGE AMERICAN SOLDIER,...

The Boston Globe;  May 14, 2006 ;   Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press;   504 words ......bombs and explosions damaged a Shi'ite shrine east of the volatile...year that a site sacred to Iraq's Shi'ite majority has been targeted...gunmen killed the son of Iraq's top judge as the country...Baqouba area, a mixed Sunni Arab-Shi'ite region where sectarian ...