Muqtada Sadr

Mass protests against government spread in Iraq

2013-01-04 12:35:00

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and pressing for detainees to be freed. Protests have raged for weeks and...

Iraq bombings targeting Shiites kill 71

2012-01-05 17:42:00

Iraq killings said to target 'emos' for nonconformist style

2012-03-16 16:41:08

IRAQ: Nouri Maliki's uneasy alliance with Muqtada Sadr's movement

2011-08-15 16:32:28

IRAQ: Allawi and Sadr make nice in Damascus

2010-07-20 16:32:27

Bush's fourth quarter

2007-01-21 00:00:00

ON THE EVE of his seventh State of the Union address, President Bush's Texas swagger is muted. Not long ago, Bush famously called himself "the decider," but the drubbing he took in November's elections has reduced him to being "educator in chief," as he...

Iraq's battlefield slang

2007-01-28 00:00:00

PRIESTS, PROSTITUTES, psychologists, cops, jazz musicians, poker players. Every trade has its jargon and "insider lingo." Soldier slang, however, has a peculiar appeal. That's understandable. Waging war is a risky, all-encompassing endeavor —...

New Year's wishes

2007-01-01 00:00:00

IN THE TIMES' sporadic New Year's Day tradition of making wishes for the coming year, only a precious few have come true. Last year was no different: Of 36 New Year's wishes, just five were fulfilled; two others were only partially realized. We got the...

How to cut and run

2006-10-31 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES upset the regional balance in the Middle East when it invaded Iraq. Restoring it requires bold initiatives, but "cutting and running" must precede them all. Only a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops — within six months and with...

Accept the Blackwater mercenaries

2007-10-03 00:00:00

Like a volcano finally erupting after repeated rumblings, the actions of a Blackwater USA team in Baghdad last month have brought to the surface a scalding gusher of animosity toward the private military industry. Everyone, it seems, has a reason to...

Beating an orderly retreat

2007-05-05 00:00:00

GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, has promised to return to Washington in September to report on the outcome of his surge strategy. I hope he will say that sectarian killings, bombings and U.S. casualties are all down. But even if...

A look inside Iraq's Interior Ministry

2009-03-31 00:00:00

Say the words "interior ministry" in almost any Middle Eastern country and you're certain to evoke fear and resentment. In the name of protecting the homeland, internal security forces in just about every Arab country limit civil liberties, intrude on...

Supporters at a rally in Baghdad display pictures of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr and his late father, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq Sadr.

2009-04-09 00:00:00

Sadr supporters hold a banner with images of Muqtada Sadr 's father, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, right, and his uncle, Mohammed Baqir al Sadr, during a memorial rally.

2008-11-05 00:00:00

Muqtada Sadr , in a statement on his website late Saturday, said that "to ensure the completion of Iraq independence and the withdrawal of the invading troops from our holy lands, it becomes obligatory upon me to cease the military operations of the honorable Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal

2008-04-29 07:02:30