Sadr City

  • 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

  • "No one is going through what we are going through"

    Sgt. Reggie Butler saw his gunner buddy die inches away from him as they patrolled in Sadr City. "I'll do everything I can to bring all the soldiers back," he says. "Anything."
    By Phillip Robertson July 12, 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

  • "A very bloody summer ahead"

    Violence in Falluja and Sadr City may not herald all-out civil war, but it is likely to continue as the U.S. struggles with the lack of a clear transition plan in Iraq.
    By Mark Follman April 6, 2004

  • Waiting for the command to start killing Americans

    In Sadr City, a friendly young Shiite shopkeeper buys me a 7 Up, then says he wants his ayatollah to call for jihad. And he's not alone.
    By Jen Banbury November 5, 2003
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