Mahdi Army Patrols Shiite Neighborhoods

AP Online;  July 13, 2006 ;     787 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...

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

Columbia Daily Tribune;  June 10, 2007 ;     775 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 ;   Peter, Tom A.;   787 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...

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

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 11, 2007 ;   Dagher, Sam;   787 words ......Iraq -- For more than three months, the Mahdi Army has been largely silent. The potent...Baghdad, even though the US says some Mahdi Army splinter groups that it calls criminals...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 ;   Analysis by Gareth Porter*;   787 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...

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

The Washington Post;  April 8, 2007 ;   Karin Brulliard; Saad Sarhan - Washington Post Staff Writers;   787 words ......raised the specter of a resurgence by the Mahdi Army after weeks of lying low. As combat aircraft...temper violence in the capital -- his Mahdi Army has stood down on the orders of its leader...identified himself as a member of the Mahdi Army. Quzueeni said he had heard the order...

Mahdi Army considers extending cease-fire

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 21, 2008 ;   Liz Sly Chicago Tribune;   753 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...

Sadr forces push terror offensive; Pinched by US forces, the Mahdi Army...

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 11, 2004 ;     787 words ......defense to offense. Over the past few days, Mahdi Army fighters have taken their fight deep...last drop of my blood has been spilled. Mahdi Army fighters say they see no other way out...serious the fight has become for the Mahdi Army. In the past three days, it has rocked...

Anti-U.S. Mahdi Army keeps: the calm in Shiite-only areas

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 19, 2007 ;   Sally Buzbee;   787 words ......forces are truly in control. Instead, the Mahdi Army militia runs this area as it does others...holds a firm grip on power. Some fear the Mahdi Army is simply biding its time - eager to...is safe because of the presence of the Mahdi Army," said Abu Hussein, a 50-year-old taxi...

Cleric suspends Mahdi Army but impact remains unclear

Oakland Tribune;  August 30, 2007 ;   Chris Collins; Leila Fadel, McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS;   785 words ......suspending the activities of his feared Mahdi Army militia so that the organization can...restructured. The announcement, a day after Mahdi Army members were accused of inciting clashes...confiscated items had been returned. If the Mahdi Army stands down, that could ease what ...

Sadr army owns city's streets; Our reporter follows the Mahdi Army as it...

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 4, 2004 ;     787 words ......SADR CITY, IRAQ -- Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army rarely engages US forces anymore. Hundreds...lost influence. In recent months, the Mahdi Army has consolidated its control over Sadr...Saadi, a preacher in Sadr City and senior Mahdi Army commander. And he goes further: Our mission...

Iraq: War Within a War: Who Runs the Mahdi Army?

Newsweek;  August 21, 2006 ;   Hastings, Michael Johnson, Scott;   451 words ......country's most powerful militia, the Mahdi Army, which has been linked to death squads...assassinations and kidnappings. Worse, the Mahdi Army's leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, seems to be...biggest threat now in Baghdad is the Mahdi Army. Under the leadership of Sadr, the Mahdi...

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

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 28, 2007 ;   Stephen Farrell New York Times News Service;   627 words ...BAGHDAD -- U.S. Special Forces battled Mahdi Army militiamen in Karbala on Friday, calling...as a high-level "rogue" member of the Mahdi Army, the militia of the Shiite cleric Muqtada...western Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. Mahdi Army officials said that U.S. and Iraqi forces...