Jaish al-Mahdi is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Sadrists Slam Status of Forces Agreement
BAGHDAD -- Thousands of supporters of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied Friday in central Baghdads Firdous Square to denounce the Iraq-U.S. Status of Force Agreement (SOFA) and demand its rejection by the countrys parliament.
Assassination Bombs in Iraq Obscured by Bigger Devices
BAGHDAD -- Lost in the smoke of large explosions that cause large numbers of civilian casualties in the Iraqi capital are smaller bombs used by extremists to intimidate or assassinate specific Iraqi Security Force officers, Sons of Iraq (SOI) group leaders and others who cooperate with U.S. forces.
Car Bomb Targets Baghdad School, Children Injured
BAGHDAD -- A car loaded with explosives exploded Wednesday outside a school in the Beida area of eastern Baghdad, setting nearby vehicles alight and injuring as many as 20 students and teachers.
Baghdad's Extremists Losing Weapons Stores
BAGHDAD -- Leaders of the new "elite" force Moqtada Sadr plans to establish to confront U.S. forces in Iraq if there is no American withdrawal timetable could find their kinetic wherewithal thin when they return from exile in Iran.
New Barrier Wall Going Up in Baghdad's Sadr City
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi army with U.S. help is in the process of hindering the movements of extremist gunmen from al-Mahdi Army and Iranian-influenced Shiite militias, known as special groups, by building a concrete barrier along a part of Sadr City in northeastern Baghdad.
U.S. Forces Issue Microgrants to Help Stabilize Baghdad
BAGHDAD -- U.S. forces in the Iraqi capital are using local entrepreneurship and a helping hand to turn communities into inhospitable places for extremist gunmen.
Test looms in Sadr City ceasefire
BAGHDAD -- A major test of the declared ceasefire in Baghdads Sadr City between Iraqi security forces and the militia of extremist cleric Moqtada Sadr is coming; and with it the potential for a new, cataclysmic eruption of violence.
Al-Qaida, sectarian legacy lingers
MUQTADIYA, Iraq -- Hassan Abbas Mahmoud and the town he lives in are both victims of sectarian violence and suffering the legacies of al-Qaidas attempt to build an Islamic state in Iraq.
