http://www.mail.com/people/16764-muqtada-al-sadr.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/16764-muqtada-al-sadr.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus s... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html 2013-05-17T20:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064448-israeli-raids-syria-highlight-arab-conundrum.html CAIRO (AP) — 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 Syrian President Bashar Assad. On Sunday, he denounced Israeli's airstrike into Assad's territory as a dangerous threat to regional stability. The contrast reflects a fundamental conundrum for A... Sun, 05 May 2013 16:50:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064448-israeli-raids-syria-highlight-arab-conundrum.html 2013-05-05T16:50:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062914-iraq-pms-group-wins-largest-bloc-areas.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, electoral officials announced Saturday. Last month's vote was for seats on local-level governorate councils and ... Sat, 04 May 2013 19:19:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062914-iraq-pms-group-wins-largest-bloc-areas.html 2013-05-04T19:19:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 to more than 150 people as a wave of Sunni unrest intensified. The turmoil is aggravating an already sour political situation between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis, who accuse Prime Minis... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html 2013-04-25T19:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency. But delayed elections in two provinces wracked by anti-government protests and complaints about missing names on voter rolls overshadowed the vote. The... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html 2013-04-20T20:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the vast cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, appealing to the hundreds of mourners who stream through each day. The April 20 vote for provincial governing councils will be the first electio... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:19:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html 2013-04-13T16:19:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1967982-us-diplomatic-presence-iraq-shrinking-fast.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A decade after the start of the war in Iraq, the American diplomatic footprint here is shrinking fast. As recently as a year ago, the immense U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and other sites around the country were staffed by more than 16,000 personnel. Today, that number has fallen to about 10,500, U.S. Ambassador Robert Stephen Beecroft said this ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:48:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1967982-us-diplomatic-presence-iraq-shrinking-fast.html 2013-03-20T17:48:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964098-bombings-iraq-kill-65-decade-invasion.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 Tuesday that killed at least 65 people in the deadliest day in Iraq this year. The nearly 20 attacks, most of them in and around Baghdad, demonstrated in stark terms how dangerously divided Iraq re... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:47:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964098-bombings-iraq-kill-65-decade-invasion.html 2013-03-19T19:47:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961848-saddams-specter-lives-iraqi-landmarks.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 was said to torture underperforming athletes. Saddam built the split teardrop-shaped sculpture in the middle of a manmade lake in the early 1980s to commemorate Iraqis killed in the Iran-Iraq... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:02:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961848-saddams-specter-lives-iraqi-landmarks.html 2013-03-18T07:02:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905058-egypts-brotherhood-operates-secretively.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the most powerful man in his Muslim Brotherhood group, Khairat el-Shater, said he had access to recordings of former military rulers and electoral officials engineering his disqualification from las... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:45:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905058-egypts-brotherhood-operates-secretively.html 2013-02-21T14:45:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1894226-sunnis-gather-iraqi-cities-mass-protests.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 Shiite-led government, extending concerns over rising sectarian tension in the country. Sunnis have staged mass protests since late December. They are demanding that Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-M... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:19:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1894226-sunnis-gather-iraqi-cities-mass-protests.html 2013-02-15T15:19:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799242-iraqs-al-sadr-visits-church-site-2010-attack.html BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 prominent Sunni mosque as public opposition spread against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The anti-U.S. cleric's stops at the holy sites — a rare public appearance outside predominan... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799242-iraqs-al-sadr-visits-church-site-2010-attack.html 2013-01-04T18:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794236-iraqi-shiite-cleric-lends-support-to-sunni-protest.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A top anti-American Shiite cleric lent support Tuesday to Sunni protesters who have been rallying against Iraq's Shiite-dominated central government, increasing pressure on the leadership in Baghdad. Hard-line religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr told reporters in the Shiite holy city of Najaf that the demonstrators have the right to protest as... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794236-iraqi-shiite-cleric-lends-support-to-sunni-protest.html 2013-01-01T12:39:00Z