World-News

Enter a term to search in World-News:

Die Suche nach »Shiite militia« hat 42 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 11 bis 20.



U.S. risks deepening role in Iraqi Shi'ite feud
The Bush administration's support for the Iraqi government crackdown on Shi'ite militias risks drawing the United States into a dangerous confrontation between rival Shi'ite sects, analysts warn. http://www.signonsa ndiego.com/news/world/iraq /20080421-0836-usa-iraq-sh iites.html From... ...
Iraqi Troops Flee Sadr City Fight
Iraqi soldiers attempting to retake parts of Sadr City deserted their positions, ignoring pleas from their U.S. advisers, military officials said. http://www.postchro nicle.com/news/breakingnew s/article_212142410.shtml US... ...
Cashing in on the War on Terror
http://www.huffingtonpost. com/william-fisher/cashing -in-on-the-war-on_b_95560. html Informant: Dorothee Krien -------- Petraeus, Crocker Testify Before Impatient Lawmakers Karen DeYoung of The Washington... ...
U.S. Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Sadr City, Aircraft Target Basra
U.S. Appears to Take Lead in Fighting in Baghdad By Sudarsan Raghavan and Sholnn Freeman U.S. forces in armored vehicles battled Mahdi Army fighters Thursday in the vast Shiite stronghold of Sadr City,... ...
Five years later, we told you so about Iraq
Orange County Register by Steven Greenhut 03/30/08 The U.S. war in Iraq recently passed its five-year milestone, having now lasted longer than American involvement in World War II. The surge has brought... ...
Heavy Fighting Rocks Iraq's Basra City
Agence France-Presse reports: "Heavy fighting erupted in a bastion of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia in Basra on Thursday, witnesses said, as military operations against gunmen in the southern... ...
Iraq: Violence spreads as army, militias clash
Telegraph [UK] 03/25/08 Iraq was facing the prospect of nationwide revolt after followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rose up in anger against a government-led strike on militia strongholds in Basra.... ...
The Myth of the Surge
Nir Rosen reports for Rolling Stone: "It's a cold, gray day in December, and I'm walking down Sixtieth Street in the Dora district of Baghdad, one of the most violent and fearsome of the city's no-go zones.... ...
US Boosts Its Use of Airstrikes in Iraq
The Washington Post's Josh White reports, "The U.S. military conducted more than five times as many airstrikes in Iraq last year as it did in 2006, targeting al-Qaeda safe houses, insurgent bombmaking... ...
Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
Damien Cave reports in Sunday's New York Times that there is a growing sense that Iraq has slipped to new depths of lawlessness as "Some American officials estimate that as much as a third of what they... ...