Article: Sadr City blast kills 4 in U.S. aid team

Article: U.S. Sees Sadr City As Model for Fallujah
AP Online;  November 18, 2004 ;     700+ 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...

Article: Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's Sadr City Enclave [Correction 5/20/08]
The Washington Post;  May 12, 2008 ;     700+ 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...

Article: U.S.: Sadr City Again a Militants' Haven
AP Online;  September 25, 2006 ;     696 words ......trying to calm Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again become a haven for...American troops believe originated from Sadr City. Yet the Americans have been restrained...militia in Iraq. Instead of venturing into Sadr City in strength, U.S. troops are concentrating...

Article: Edging Their Way Into Sadr City; U.S. Officers Try Negotiating Before Buildup in Baghdad Slum
The Washington Post;  May 21, 2007 ;     700+ 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...

Article: U.S. Role Deepens in Sadr City; Fierce Battle Against Shiite Militiamen Echoes First Years of War
The Washington Post;  April 30, 2008 ;     700+ 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...

Article: In Sadr City, U.S. Mission Shifts From Urban Warfare to Reconstruction
The Washington Post;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......little over two weeks ago, U.S. troops in Sadr City were on the front lines of fierce, unrelenting...limited U.S. role in military operations in Sadr City, a stronghold of militias loyal to anti-Americ...soldiers; and wads of cash. "If we get Sadr City right and create irreversible ...

Article: IRAQ: NEW FIGHTING IN CAPITAL DERAILS PEACE TALKS IN SADR CITY
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......hoped that talks in the impoverished Sadr City of Baghdad would become a model for further...engaged in daily talks with leaders in Sadr City. Many of the million or so Shias here...remained in place as violence tore through Sadr City. Iraqi health ministry officials say...

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 ......past the main guarded checkpoint into Sadr City, children kicked soccer balls on fields...at a cafe nearby to chatter and laugh. Sadr City, once infamous as a fetid slum and symbol...assistance. But as Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive as self-enclosed fiefdoms...

Article: U.S. forces enter Sadr City to face militia.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......on the streets of Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum. A U.S. Army battalion moved into...neighborhood where sewage floods many streets, Sadr City is full of the poor and disaffected Shiite...His institutional power is strongest in Sadr City, where there's a mini-civil war going...

Article: Sadr City is a dangerous world for U.S. troops.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Iraq _ In the sprawling slum known as Sadr City, prominently displayed banners written...seven Iraqis, including the chairman of Sadr City's version of a city council, were killed...challenging them in Najaf and Kufa. But in Sadr City, al-Sadr's Mahdi Army remains firmly...

Article: Sadr City, long a slum, now recovering
International Herald Tribune;  February 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......past the main guarded checkpoint into Sadr City, children kicked soccer balls on fields...at a cafe nearby to chatter and laugh.Sadr City, once infamous as a fetid slum and symbol...assistance. But as Shiite areas like Sadr City begin to thrive as self-enclosed fiefdoms...

Article: Iraq Sends Troops Into Sadr City; Large Deployment Aims to Restore Order in Shiite Area; Situation 'Calm'
The Washington Post;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Iraqi soldiers entered the volatile Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday...soldiers, who operate from small outposts in Sadr City, did not play an active role. Iraqi officials and Sadr City residents said the soldiers, who streamed...

Article: Separation Anxiety As U.S. Prepares To Leave Sadr City; Locals, Americans Fear Return of Mayhem
The Washington Post;  May 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The unthinkable is happening in Sadr City as the U.S. military begins to shut down...Embassy's unofficial representative in Sadr City, is among those expecting mayhem. "This...after a meeting at a U.S. outpost in Sadr City. "We will lose the security. The insurgents...

Article: Humanitarian woes grow in Baghdad's Sadr City
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 8, 2008 ;     365 words ......Entire sections of Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district have been left nearly abandoned...accounts by civilians pouring out of the Sadr City area as clashes intensify. U.S. forces...to cripple Shiite militia influence in Sadr City, a slum of 2.5 million people that serves...