Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr

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  Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum

  Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down ... 

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  Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas

  A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied ... 

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  Iraq fears rise as clashes spread to northern city

  Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence ... 

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  Iraqis go to polls for first time since US pullout

  Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as ... 

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  Iraqis prepare for first vote since US withdrawal

  Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the ... 

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  Bombings in Iraq kill 65 a decade after invasion

  Insurgents sent a bloody message on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, carrying out a wave of bombings across the country ... 

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  Saddam's specter lives on in Iraqi landmarks

  The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son ... 

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  Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively

  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the ... 

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  Sunnis gather in Iraqi cities in mass protests

  Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims rallied on Friday in several Iraqi cities to protest what they describe as unfair treatment by the country's ... 

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  Iraq's al-Sadr visits church, site of 2010 attack

  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq's religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a ... 

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  Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest

  A top anti-American Shiite cleric lent support Tuesday to Sunni protesters who have been rallying against Iraq's Shiite-dominated central government, ...