http://dir.salon.com/topics/mahdi_army/?source=rss&aim=mahdi_army en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Gareth Porter Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/06/grenade_launchers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/06/grenade_launchers/index.html?source=rss Bush officials claim that Iran has supplied grenade launchers to Iraqi militants -- but the real source of the weapons is U.S. negligence. By Juan Cole Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/01/basra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/01/basra/index.html?source=rss The three reasons the Iraqi prime minister launched his ill-fated assault on the Sadrists of southern Iraq. By Juan Cole Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/surge/index.html?source=rss The president just gave a rosy assessment of his plan, but insurgents have adapted and Iraqis continue to be slaughtered. By Juan Cole Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/23/british_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/23/british_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess. Alex Koppelman Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/21/sadr_city/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/21/sadr_city/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/06/smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/06/smith/index.html?source=rss 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. Alex Koppelman Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/sadr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/19/sadr/index.html?source=rss A new Pentagon report says that the army of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the biggest threat in Iraq. By Juan Cole Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/20/cole_kidnapping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/20/cole_kidnapping/index.html?source=rss The recent kidnapping of Iraqi professionals, and ongoing murder of doctors and teachers, are devastating the country's recovery. By Juan Cole Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/08/shiite_vs_shiite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/08/shiite_vs_shiite/index.html?source=rss 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 Phillip Robertson Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/28/fake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/28/fake/index.html?source=rss Hours after a deal was struck, armed Mahdi army forces are back in Najaf -- abetted by fresh volunteers.