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Attack on Sadr will widen war in Iraq
Patrick Cockburn He is a strange figure to be targeted as the number one enemy of the US in Iraq. Four years ago, few had heard of the Shia nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr inside or outside Iraq. Even... ...
Worst yet to come for US in Baghdad
THE plan by the US President, George Bush, to send tens of thousands of US and Iraqi reinforcements to the Iraqi capital to aggressively confront Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias will touch off a more... ...
The execution of Saddam Hussein
Electronic Iraq is covering the global response to the Saddam Hussein hanging. Visit eIraq to hear from human rights organizations, journalists, Iraqi bloggers and more. A full index of our coverage... ...
Bush, Maliki and That Memo
The editors of the New York Times write: "President Bush's news conference yesterday with Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq had an even greater than usual sense of unreality about it, with Mr.... ...
Iraqi coalition on brink of collapse as country descends towards civil war
The prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, was forced to choose between his US protectors and an essential pillar of his coalition, when Moqtada al-Sadr declared his intention to walk out, potentially bringing... ...
Iraq Turns Up The Heat
By Mike Whitney Iran is playing a clever game in Iraq using US occupation forces to crush the Ba’athist-led resistance while expanding their influence via the Shiite militias. This is a “lose-lose” situation... ...
Violence in Baghdad Has Reached "Civil War Proportions"
Sectarian revenge killings in Baghdad and the mixed Sunni-Shiite regions surrounding the capital have reached civil war proportions. Morgues across a wide sweep of the center of the country are full as... ...
Militias Seize Control of Iraqi City as Violence Rapidly Escalates
Hundreds of militiamen linked to the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr battled local police and members of a rival Shiite militia in the southeastern city of Amara on Friday, destroying police stations, seizing... ...
Iraqi Families Flee as Sectarian Warfare Rages
Families fled in search of safety Monday as open warfare raged for a fourth day between Shiite militias and armed Sunni men in Tigris River towns north of Baghdad. The escalating violence in the Tigris... ...
Iraqi PM breaks with U.S. over attack
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack Monday on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, breaking with his American partners on security tactics as the U.S. launches a major... ...