Muqtada al-Sadr

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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

  • 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

  • The danger of Bush's anti-Iran fatwa

    The president's decision to use force against Iranian "agents" inside Iraq could snare innocent pilgrims, and raises the risk of open warfare.
    By Juan Cole January 30, 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

  • Remembrance of Bush's fiascoes

    As he travels the nation to commemorate Katrina and 9/11, the president is only highlighting the tragedy of his own incompetence.
    By Sidney Blumenthal August 31, 2006

  • Incident on Khairallah Tulfa Street

    A search for Sadr City's killing fields goes terribly wrong.
    By Phillip Robertson July 14, 2006

  • The hatred incubator

    The Baghdad morgue, where Iraqis come every day to collect the bodies of slain relatives and comrades, is the alpha and omega of Iraq's civil war.
    By Phillip Robertson July 13, 2006

  • Hezbollah on the Tigris?

    Like the militant Lebanese group, fiery cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr is using both guns and butter to seize power in Iraq.
    By David Enders May 8, 2006

  • The truth dawns on Bush

    As the Iraq disaster finally sinks in, will he accept a humiliating defeat -- or launch a bloody battle to "secure Baghdad"?
    By Robert Dreyfuss April 10, 2006

  • Iraq: The big lie

    Bush and Rumsfeld robotically repeat their Iraq talking points, ignoring the fact that their ambassador and generals are contradicting them.
    By Sidney Blumenthal March 16, 2006

  • America's unlikely savior

    Recently, the U.S. was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr's head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq's Sunni-Shiite conflict.
    By Nir Rosen February 3, 2006

  • A prisoner's tale

    The saga of a hapless New Zealander who ended up behind bars after seeking work in Iraq reveals the darker side of the U.S.-led coalition's operations.
    By Graeme Wood October 31, 2004

  • America's Achilles' heel

    The insurgents in Iraq know that keeping its oil flowing is crucial to U.S. success in the war -- and they're doing all they can to muck things up.
    By Robert Bryce August 16, 2004

  • Inside the Shia resistance

    From Najaf to Baghdad, I track the men who are menacing the U.S. occupation. They're young, desperate and dangerous -- and their ranks are growing.
    By Phillip Robertson April 27, 2004
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