Mahdi Army

News "If they find out I told you, they will kill me"

In a Baghdad neighborhood pacified by the surge, the locals fear the day the U.S. military departs, because they don't trust their own government to keep them safe.
By Anna Badkhen Aug 5, 2008

  • Arming our own enemies in Iraq

    Bush officials claim that Iran has supplied grenade launchers to Iraqi militants -- but the real source of the weapons is U.S. negligence.
    By Gareth Porter June 6, 2008

  • Why al-Maliki attacked Basra

    The three reasons the Iraqi prime minister launched his ill-fated assault on the Sadrists of southern Iraq.
    By Juan Cole April 1, 2008

  • Is the Bush surge already failing?

    The president just gave a rosy assessment of his plan, but insurgents have adapted and Iraqis continue to be slaughtered.
    By Juan Cole March 8, 2007

  • The British retreat from Iraq brings peril for U.S. troops

    Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess.
    By Juan Cole February 23, 2007

  • The Sadr City question

    U.S. and Iraqi forces come under political pressure to clear out the Baghdad stronghold of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr. But at what price will that happen?
    By Alex Koppelman February 21, 2007

  • Arming our enemies?

    An interview with journalist Martin Smith, the maker of a new PBS documentary on Iraqi militias, about how the U.S. strategy of Iraqification could backfire.
    By Alex Koppelman February 6, 2007

  • Dear Mr. President: Al-Qaida isn't the problem in Iraq

    A new Pentagon report says that the army of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the biggest threat in Iraq.
    By Alex Koppelman December 19, 2006

  • Iraq's white-collar crime

    The recent kidnapping of Iraqi professionals, and ongoing murder of doctors and teachers, are devastating the country's recovery.
    By Juan Cole November 20, 2006

  • Shiite vs. Shiite

    As the two main factions of Iraq's dominant religious group descend into armed conflict, the U.S. military has already been forced to pick sides.
    By Juan Cole September 8, 2006

  • City of vengeance

    A savage outbreak of retaliatory killings has pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. In the first of three exclusive reports, our correspondent investigates the Mahdi Army's Baghdad death squads.
    By Phillip Robertson July 12, 2006

  • The fake peace

    Hours after a deal was struck, armed Mahdi army forces are back in Najaf -- abetted by fresh volunteers.
    By Phillip Robertson May 28, 2004
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