U.S.: Sadr City Again a Militants' Haven

AP Online;  September 25, 2006 ;     696 words ......Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again...believe originated from Sadr City. Yet the Americans...Instead of venturing into Sadr City in strength, U.S. troops...are drawing fire from Sadr City. As a result, some American soldiers believe the ...

Iraqi soldiers flee Sadr City posts Retreat highlights challenge of...

International Herald Tribune;  April 17, 2008 ;   Michael R. Gordon The New York Times Media Group;   563 words ......soldiers flee Sadr City posts Retreat...positions in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored...exchanges between American soldiers and about 50...away from the Sadr City fight, urging...densely populated Sadr City. That area ...

GIS IN SADR CITY UNDER FIRE FROM FRIENDS AND FOES

Roanoke Times & World News;  April 20, 2008 ;   Leila Fadel McClatchy-Tribune;   640 words ......Iraqi forces. The American soldiers can't go on the...commandeered in south Sadr City, but must hunker...heating. The American soldiers have had one...name of anti-American Shiite cleric...biggest stronghold, Sadr City, a slum in northeast...

Baghdad Attack Kills 5 American Soldiers

AP Online;  June 4, 2004 ;     191 words ......Baghdad, Iraq neighborhood of Sadr City during morning clashes with...militia fighters battled American soldiers. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Five...near the Shiite district of Sadr City. Video from Associated Press...ground nearby. About six other American soldiers were ...

Iraq Tells U.S. to Quit Checkpoints; Sadr City Celebrates Lifting of...

The Washington Post;  November 1, 2006 ;   Ellen Knickmeyer and John Ward Anderson - Washington Post Foreign Service;   787 words ...American soldiers rolled up their...old blockade of Sadr City was one of the most...Withington, said American soldiers removed the checkpoints...kidnapping of an American soldier of Iraqi...military to be in Sadr City. U.S. soldiers in...

Analysis: Latest violence in Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad

Morning Edition (NPR);  October 10, 2003 ;   RENEE MONTAGNE;   588 words ......Latest violence in Sadr City neighborhood in...MONTAGNE, host: Two American soldiers and two Iraqis...neighborhood known as Sadr City, one of the poorest...night of tension. American soldiers were carrying out...run-ins with the American military ...

Storm clouds over Sadr City.(Iraqi Shiites gather)

U.S. News & World Report;  May 5, 2003 ;   Ozernoy, Ilana Whitelaw, Kevin;   673 words ......milled about, shouting at the American soldiers and mugging for the cameras...Saddam City, now referred to as Sadr City, in honor of the Shiite cleric...power by bringing order to Sadr City's untamed streets. The hospitals...Sadr, the son of the de facto Sadr City ...

Iraqis lure American soldiers into fatal ambush

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 11, 2003 ;   THEOLA LABBE;   679 words ...Iraqis lure American soldiers into fatal ambush, U.S...Iraqis lured a squad of American soldiers into a fatal ambush late...Shiite Muslim slum known as Sadr City, where the attack took place...the 3 million residents of Sadr City. Shiites make up 60% of...In August, ...

U.S. Sees Sadr City As Model for Fallujah

AP Online;  November 18, 2004 ;   KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer;   744 words ......children stand next to a flooded street in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq,in this Oct. 22, 2004...peace to Baghdad's Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City could be a model for Fallujah, once subdued...bustle continues uninterrupted. This is Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest slum, home to over...

2 American soldiers die in Iraq roadside ambush

Daily Breeze;  June 6, 2004 ;   Robert H. Reid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;   523 words ...BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A roadside bomb killed two American soldiers and wounded two in a series of attacks Saturday...government. Meanwhile, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met in Najaf with Iraq's most influential spiritual...against coalition forces in April, an aide to al- Sadr said. Najaf and ...

VOA NEWS: US MILITARY IN IRAQ: 8 AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED SINCE SEPT. 4

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 5, 2007 ;     239 words ......story: The U.S. military says eight American soldiers have been killed in fighting in...blast early Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City district killed at least 11 people and wounded about 20 others. Sadr City is a largely Shi'ite district that...

Iraqis Stone American Tanks In Sadr City

Getty Images;  May 15, 2004 ;   Salah Malkawi;   68 words ......throw stones at American tanks in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr city on May 15, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. American soldiers spoke over loud hailer asking the residents to exchange...Malkawi/Getty Images) Dateline: Baghdad, Iraq Keywords sadr city,military,iraq,war,middle ...

Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's Sadr City Enclave...

The Washington Post;  May 12, 2008 ;   Sudarsan Raghavan - Washington Post Foreign Service;   783 words ...Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a deal took hold to...deepened by recent weeks of bloodshed in Sadr City, where an estimated 2 million people...an official at Sadr's headquarters in Sadr City. "We are in a stage of war, and this...

Edging Their Way Into Sadr City; U.S. Officers Try Negotiating Before...

The Washington Post;  May 21, 2007 ;   Ann Scott Tyson - Washington Post Staff Writer;   787 words ......engaged in delicate negotiations inside Sadr City to clear the way for a gradual push in...sufficient troops so far to move deeper into Sadr City, the military has cautiously edged into...presence of U.S. and Iraqi troops in Sadr City, U.S. commanders said in interviews over...

U.S. Role Deepens in Sadr City; Fierce Battle Against Shiite Militiamen...

The Washington Post;  April 30, 2008 ;   Amit R Paley - Washington Post Foreign Service;   787 words ......least 28 Iraqis dead in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood, making it one of the bloodiest...troops were not intensely engaged in Sadr City, a Baghdad neighborhood of roughly 3...have been killed and 2,100 injured in Sadr City since fighting erupted there again in...