Transcript: Sadr Considering Breakup of Mahdi Army Militia

Transcript: Fighting Calms in Iraq and Mahdi Army Cease-Fire
NPR Morning Edition;  March 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... collaborating with the Mahdi Army. And he also complained ... s forces. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, what we're ... fight for or against the Mahdi Army. But I think - just ... this fighting? GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, people have ...

Article: Mahdi Army flexing muscles Al-Sadr followers push ...
Columbia Daily Tribune;  June 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... capital from their brethren in the south. Mahdi Army militiamen in the Shiite-dominated ... 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 Sunni ...

Article: Mahdi Army Patrols Shiite Neighborhoods
AP Online;  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with you." Al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, keeps a sharp eye out for strangers ... and other Sunni Arab militants. The Mahdi Army strikes fear among Sunni Arabs, who ... district. Coalition officials believe the Mahdi Army and other militias have infiltrated the ...

Article: Al-Sadr consulted clergy, they "rejected" dissolving Mahdi ...
Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq);  April 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... consulted the clergy about dissolving the Mahdi Army, but they rejected this issue, said ... Maliki's demands to dissolve the Mahdi Army, the armed wing of the Sadrist movement ... cleric referred in his statement that the Mahdi Army will be hand by hand with the Iraqi people ...

Article: IRAQ: UNABLE TO DEFEAT MAHDI ARMY, U.S. AIMS TO ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ 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 ... But the proposal Frank made to the Mahdi army at a meeting Sept. 3 with both Sunni ...

Article: IRAQ: UNABLE TO DEFEAT MAHDI ARMY, U.S. AIMS TO ...
Interpress Service;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ 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 ... But the proposal Frank made to the Mahdi army at a meeting Sept. 3 with both Sunni ...

Article: Cleric suspends Mahdi Army but impact remains ...
Oakland Tribune;  August 30, 2007 ;     700+ 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 ...