Iraqi army enters Sadr's bastion

reuters.co.uk     20-May-2008            

By Wisam Mohammed and Adrian Croft BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's army moved on Tuesday to take control of Baghdad's Sadr City, power base of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in another step to stamp government authority over areas previously outside its control. A spokesman for Iraqi security forces... [read full story]                

Full Coverage
                   

Bomb under bed kills local Iraqi police chief

reuters.co.uk     19-May-2008          

NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A local Iraqi police chief was killed on Monday when a bomb placed under his bed in the local police headquarters exploded as he slept, police said. Major Farhan al-Saeedi was head of a police unit in the southern town of Suq al-Shiyukh. The town, 400 km (250 miles)...                

comments

                   

Bomb under bed kills local Iraqi police chief

tiscali.co.uk     19-May-2008          

NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A local Iraqi police chief was killed on Monday when a bomb placed under his bed in the local police headquarters exploded as he slept, police said. Major Farhan al-Saeedi was head of a police unit in the southern town of Suq al-Shiyukh. The town, 400 km (250 miles)...                

comments

Iraqi army moves into Sadr City

reuters.com     20-May-2008          

May 20 - 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers, backed by tanks, have pushed deep into Sadr City in an attempt to take control of the lawless slum. Sadr city is the bastion of the Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and ha long been out of government control. The army said it met no resistance as soldiers...                

comments

                   

Iraqi forces on brink of controlling Sadr City, an insurgency hotbed

timesonline.co.uk     20-May-2008          

Ali Hamdani and Deborah Haynes, Baghdad Inside Iraq blog: Delivering aid to Sadr City Iraqi forces aim to be in complete control of Sadr City within 24 hours after some 10,000 troops, backed by tanks, pushed deep into the Baghdad Shia slum in an unprecedented operation. Militiamen who have...                

comments