Article: Iraqi PM renews vow to disband militias

Article: Mahdi Army Patrols Shiite Neighborhoods
AP Online;  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......al-Sadr aide. Even the Mahdi Army has been unable to halt attacks in Sadr City and other Shiite...representative in Sadr City, said local leaders...mobilize thousands of Mahdi Army members within minutes...crack down on the Mahdi Army. Last week, ...

Article: Sadr army owns city's streets; Our reporter follows the Mahdi Army as it patrols Sadr City, home to 1 in 10 Iraqi voters.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  August 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Christian Science Monitor SADR CITY, IRAQ -- Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army rarely engages US forces...Saadi, a preacher in Sadr City and senior Mahdi Army commander. And he goes...of public order in Sadr City. Mahdi Army members have ...

Article: After setbacks, Sadr redirects Mahdi Army.(Moqtada al-Sadr )(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  August 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......innocent Iraqis. The Mahdi Army is in a real crisis...al-Mohmedawi, a native of Sadr City and deputy editor...mosque southeast of Sadr City. I expect it will...and outside the Mahdi Army, about criminal...they've destroyed what Mahdi Army has built, ...

Article: Sadr City begins to turn around New challenges as U.S. gears up to enforce security plan
International Herald Tribune;  February 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive...residents credit the Mahdi army and its powerful...rebuilding. But the Mahdi army has also killed...on Sunnis, making Sadr City a potential target...Sadr office, on Sadr City's main thoroughfare...secure ...

Article: Sadr City, long a slum, now recovering
International Herald Tribune;  February 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive...residents credit the Mahdi army and its powerful...rebuilding. But the Mahdi army has also killed...on Sunnis, making Sadr City a potential target...Sadr office, on Sadr City's main thoroughfare...secure ...

Article: A Day When Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side; Militia Seen as Heroic In Aiding Bomb Victims
The Washington Post;  November 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......in tackling the Mahdi Army, the country's largest...heroes that day, Sadr City residents said in...need to disarm the Mahdi Army," Salim Faisal Abid, 36, a Sadr City resident, said Friday...three sections of Sadr City, including the crowded Jamila Market. ...

Article: U.S.: Sadr City Again a Militants' Haven
AP Online;  September 25, 2006 ;     696 words ......al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army - the biggest and...of venturing into Sadr City in strength, U.S...virtual sanctuary in Sadr City. The Mahdi Army "claims they control Sadr City, and all the attacks...Then (either) the (Mahdi Army) is doing ...

Article: Sadr forces push terror offensive; Pinched by US forces, the Mahdi Army shifts to targeting officials and civilian quarters.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  August 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......been spilled. Mahdi Army fighters say they...year-old daughter in Sadr City. US tanks pushed...Imam Ali from the Mahdi Army, setting the stage...In Baghdad's Sadr City, fighting has...take advantage of Mahdi Army vulnerability. Mahdi Army ...

Article: Mahdi Army weaker in Sadr City -- U.S. commander.
Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq);  November 17, 2008 ;     175 words ......battalion deployed in Sadr City on Monday said that Mahdi Army has become weaker after...been killed so far. The Mahdi army in Sadr City has 2,000 -- 4,000 members...Prominent commanders of Mahdi Army in Sadr City are 15 -- 20, but 12 of...

Article: Sadr City assault strains cease-fire.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  April 7, 2008 ;     614 words ......Monitor BAGHDAD -- Sadr City, the capital's...Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army is entrenched...fighting with the Mahdi Army, the US military...helicopters in Sadr City. The mortar fire...venturing into Sadr City or other areas controlled by Sadr's ...

Article: Sadr City Poses Unique Challenge in Security Push
NPR All Things Considered;  February 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......NPR) 02-27-2007 Sadr City Poses Unique...out a raid in Sadr City, the sprawling...elements of Sadr's Mahdi Army. Sadr City is likely to...WALEED (Cook, Sadr City): (Through translator...Sadr and his Mahdi army filled the ...

Article: As Fighting Eases, Sadr City Returns to Routine
NPR All Things Considered;  March 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ......didn't fight the Mahdi army inside Sadr City. They abandoned...there were no Mahdi army fighters on the...drive through. Sadr City seems to be functioning...little here. The Mahdi army has melted back...their weapons and Sadr City under their ...

Article: Militia's other weapon: videos; Video has become an important propaganda tool in the Mahdi Army fight against the US, which continued Tuesday in Najaf.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  August 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army. Mahdi's moviemakers...during battles in Sadr City and in Karbala...violent - and for Mahdi Army supporters, addictive...sold primarily in Sadr City, a Shiite slum of...stores selling the Mahdi Army propaganda ...

Article: Britons 'seized by Mahdi Army in revenge for killing' ; Bodyguard who escaped helps in hunt for captives
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 ...