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Bomb under bed kills local Iraqi police chief

                   
reuters.co.uk
19-May-2008
        
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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)... [read full story]                    

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Iraqi troops move into Shiite stronghold as truce takes effect

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Iraqi troops move into Shiite stronghold as truce takes effect

abc.net.au
20-May-2008
        

Iraqi troops have poured into the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City for the first time in eight weeks, as militiamen who have been battling US forces held their fire in line with a truce deal. Large numbers of heavily armed soldiers fanned out in Sadr City for the first time since the deadly...

                   

Iraqi forces storm al-Sadr’s Baghdad bastion

todayszaman.com
20-May-2008
        

Iraq's army moved on Tuesday to take control of Baghdad's Sadr City, power base of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in another step to stamp government authority over areas previously outside its control. A spokesman for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, Maj.-Gen. Qassim Moussawi, said soldiers had...

                   

Thousands of Iraqi troops enter Shiite stronghold of Sadr City

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20-May-2008
        

By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD - Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in an attempt to establish government control in the Shiite militia enclave for the first time since Saddam Hussein's ouster. The...

                   

Iraqi Army enters Sadr City under truce deal

dailystar.com.lb
20-May-2008
        

Iraqi government troops poured into the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City Tuesday for the first time in eight weeks as militiamen who have been battling US forces held their fire in line with a truce deal. Large numbers of heavily armed soldiers fanned out in Sadr City for the first time since...

                   

Iraqi Troops Search Sadr City

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20-May-2008
        

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 15:00 CDT BAGHDAD _ Iraqi security forces entered Baghdad's Sadr City in large numbers on Tuesday for the first time since followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed two weeks ago to allow them in. No U.S. troops accompanied the Iraqi forces. In a...

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...

                   
timesonline.co.uk: An Iraqi tank rolls by as several hundred Iraqi soldiers fans out onto the streets of Sadr City timesonline.co.uk

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...

Arguments Against Our Iraq Combat Presence, Vol. XXXVI

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20-May-2008
        

Amazing, isn't it?Iraqi security forces entered Baghdad's Sadr City in large numbers on Tuesday for the first time since followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed two weeks ago to allow them in. No U.S. troops accompanied the Iraqi forces. The agreement specifically barred...

                   

Iraqi army seizes Sadr's Baghdad bastion

yahoo.com
20-May-2008
        

By Aseel Kami and Adrian Croft BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers, backed by tanks, pushed deep into Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Baghdad bastion on Tuesday, stamping the government's authority on an area until now outside its control. The army said they met no...

                   

Iraqi troops pour into Baghdad Shiite stronghold ( 'Operation Peace' )

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20-May-2008
        

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraqi troops poured into Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City on Tuesday for the first time in eight weeks as militiamen who have been battling US forces held their fire in line with a truce deal.Large numbers of heavily-armed soldiers fanned out in Sadr City for the first time...

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