All in the Family
Tags: SADR, Moqtada, 1973-; SHIITES; IRAQ War, 2003-2011; AL-Maliki, Nouri
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- All in the Family. Dehghanpisheh, Babak; Kaplow, Larry // Newsweek;4/7/2008, Vol. 151 Issue 14, p41
This article describes the origins of fighting between followers of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Shiite Islamic co-religionists, who support the Hakim Family. This represents a break from the previous pattern of conflict between members of the Shiite and the Sunni branches of Islam. The...
- All in the Family. Dehghanpisheh, Babak; Kaplow, Larry // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);4/7/2008, Vol. 151 Issue 14, p49
This article describes the origins of fighting between followers of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Shiite Islamic co-religionists, who support the Hakim Family. This represents a break from the previous pattern of conflict between members of the Shiite and the Sunni branches of Islam. The...
- MEN IN BLACK. Mulrine, Anna // U.S. News & World Report;12/18/2006, Vol. 141 Issue 23, p32
The article focuses on the effectiveness of Iraq's Shiite militias, and what can be done to stop them. The Mahdi Army, followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has stepped up attacks on Sunni enclaves. Militias are gaining strength by providing safety and services for Iraqis in need...
- IRAQ-SHIITES-POLITICS. // Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition);4/13/2010, Vol. 191 Issue 4829, p12
The article reports on the criticisms made by leader of the sadrist movement in Iraq, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during an interview that attacked Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. It notes that the security agreement which Maliki signed at the end of 2008 with the U.S. is what Sadr described as...
- 'We Are Your Martyrs!'. Dehghanpisheh, Babak; Liu, Melinda; Noroland, Rod; Klaidman, Dan; Hirsh, Michael; Hosenball, Mark; Lipper, Tamara; Johnson, Scott // Bulletin with Newsweek;4/20/2004, Vol. 122 Issue 6417, p20
U.S. forces have long known that Moqtada al-Sadr was trouble, but failed to act. Angry members of Iraq's Shiite majority, whipped into a frenzy by the baby-faced radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were rising up by the thousands in armed revolt in Baghdad and in cities across the south. Across...
- On Baghdad's Streets, this Man Rules. Ghosh, Aparisim // Time International (South Pacific Edition);12/25/2006, Issue 51/52, p59
The article reports on the radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the power he holds over Iraqi politics, Iraq's parliament, and the Mahdi Army militia. He hails from a long line of revered ayatullahs and with his combination of seats in parliament, guns in the streets, and potential to...
- On Baghdad's Streets, This Man Rules. Ghosh, Aparisim // Time;12/25/2006, Vol. 168 Issue 26, Following p80
The article reports on the radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the power he holds over Iraqi politics, Iraq's parliament, and the Mahdi Army militia. He hails from a long line of revered ayatullahs and with his combination of seats in parliament, guns in the streets, and potential to...
- IRAQ-SHIITES. // Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition);8/24/2010, Vol. 191 Issue 4923, p8
The article reports that the Shiite cleric and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr is mulling to move from Qom in Iran to Beirut in Lebanon due to the fall-out of the Iranian regime. It states that Sadr's refusal to support the renewal of the outgoing Iraqi Prime Ministers Nuri al-Maliki term in...
- IRAQ-POLITICS. // Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition);8/23/2010, Vol. 191 Issue 4922, p6
The article reports on the threat of Moqtada al-Sadr, head of the Shiite Sadrist movement, to leave Iran and move to Lebanon after Iranian officials insist on supporting outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as Premier. According to an unnamed member of the Iraqi National Alliance (INA),...
