Lawmakers loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, speak to the media after the Iraqi parliament convened to approve a landmark military accord that will have all U.S. troops withdraw from the country by 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq on November 27 2008, parliament. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)
Muqtada al-Sadr is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
There is some entertainment value when former government officials fall out with each other, and this is now happening to President George W. Bush and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Iraqis pay highly for helping U.S.
The U.S. government has done little to address the grave danger faced by those who embrace the American presence in Iraq. Currently no infrastructure exists to aid Iraqi employees once organizations withdraw from Iraq, and the process of obtaining refugee status to resettle in the United States is sluggish at best.
December begins in Iraq with upsurge in killings, death threats
Four more US soldiers have died in Iraq, including a marine in the restive town of Ramadi, the Pentagon announced on Saturday. Also in the city, a soldier died of wounds sustained when a rocket struck his vehicle on Thursday.
Shiite pilgrimage signals moderation towards US
IRAQI SHIA WOMEN MAKE THEIR WAY TO KARBALA THROUGH A SANDSTORM.
