<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sadr City: News &amp; Videos about Sadr City - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sadr_City</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sadr City from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:19:18 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Sadr City: News &amp; Videos about Sadr City - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/tztop.iraq.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sadr_City</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sadr City from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Gay men attacked, executed in Iraq, rights group says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq on Shiite religious holiday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 42 people were killed and 154 were wounded in five attacks on a religious holiday Friday, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts kill 7 in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombings killed seven people and wounded dozens of others Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six gay men shot to death in Iraq by tribe members</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/05/gay.deaths.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/05/gay.deaths.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six gay men were shot dead by members of their tribe in two separate incidents in the past 10 days, an official with Iraq's Interior ministry said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Ministry infiltrators killed Iraqi VP's sister in '06</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.sister.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.sister.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Monday blamed ministry infiltrators for the 2006 killing of the sister of the Sunni vice president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Peace Hold in Sadr City?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Iraqi military's control of the Baghdad slum could well be the result of a voluntary cease-fire by Muqtada al-Sadr's militia. But some believe the cleric's forces are spent</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehabilitating Sadr City</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life -- but also frustration at what residents see as government neglect</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Four Americans -- two soldiers and two civilians from the Defense and State departments -- were killed Tuesday in a blast that rocked a municipal building in Baghdad's Sadr City, the U.S. Embassy said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi leader arrives in Iran for talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a visit with top Iranian officials, his office said, while car bombings renewed violence at home.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Has Maliki Conquered Sadr City?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808236,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808236,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Under a truce agreement, Iraqi government troops can now patrol the Mahdi Army's stronghold. But Sadr's forces have retained much of their muscle</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi forces move into Sadr City; violence elsewhere</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attackers launched assaults across Iraq over the past 24 hours, killing 11 police recruits and six civilians, including a 7-year-old.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi Troops Enter Shi'ite Camp</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807977,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807977,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi forces, Shiite militants fight in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Shiite militants and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces -- two sides that agreed to a cease-fire last week -- fought overnight in Sadr City, killing four people and wounding 38, Interior Ministry and hospital officials said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chalabi's Short-Lived Comeback</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Delivering services to Sadr City was helping the controversial Iraqi figure rebuild a political base -- until the U.S. and Iraqi governments declared him off limits
</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Iraqi soldiers die in Mosul roadside bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.ceasefire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.ceasefire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A roadside bomb in northern Iraq killed at least five Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi government, al-Sadr group sign cease-fire </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement has agreed to end its "armed presence" in Sadr City under an agreement reached with Iraq's government, Iraqi officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>4-Day Ceasefire Signed in Sadr City</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. official: Too early to know Sadr City truce success</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. military official said Sunday it was "premature" to conclude there will be a truce between the Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement, despite word from both sides that a cease-fire agreement was reached.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Sadr Wins Another Round</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739156,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739156,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi forces spent two months battling al-Sadr's Mahdi Army only to see the cleric standing strong after a hastily arranged cease-fire</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cease-fire reached in Baghdad's Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have agreed to a cease-fire to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district, spokesmen for both sides said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 05:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad stadium to shelter Iraqis fleeing Sadr City danger</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A top official in Baghdad said the capital's biggest stadium is one of three locations being prepared for residents fleeing Baghdad's Sadr City, where Iraqi and U.S. forces have been fighting Shiite militants for weeks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad's Coming Refugee Crisis</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738431,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738431,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Iraqi Government signals plans for an offensive in eastern Baghdad that is likely to displace thousands of civilians</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3,500 U.S. troops to head home from Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A "surge" brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the U.S. military said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proposed Iraqi law could blunt anti-U.S. cleric's power</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A proposed election law could hurt the popular political movement of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- whose Mehdi Army militia followers have been battling U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad's Sadr City.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attack on Iraqi first lady's convoy wounds soldiers, civilians</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said. </description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 boys killed in Iraq airstrike, companion says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three Iraq boys were killed in an airstrike in eastern Baghdad on Saturday as they were sifting through trash, looking for stuff to sell, said a 10-year-old boy wounded in the attack.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 01:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Imam decries militias, clashes in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A top Iraqi political figure -- who also is an imam at a prominent Shiite mosque in the capital -- urged the abolition of militias Friday and decried violence and pervasive corruption in Baghdad's Sadr City.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Sadr City battles killed hundreds in April</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The fighting that erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City last month has killed 925 people and wounded 2,605, a top government official said Wednesday. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Misery in Sadr City  
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736220,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736220,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hundreds flee the Baghdad neighborhood as  U.S. and Iraqi forces confront the Mahdi Army in an urban stronghold</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: US Deaths Hit 7-Month High</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736174,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736174,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The killings of three US soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Female suicide bomber kills 3 at checkpoint in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A female suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi security forces checkpoint in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding 14, an Interior Ministry official said. </description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Al-Qaeda Back in Baghdad?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With U.S. and Iraqi forces focused on the Shi'ite Mahdi Army, the Sunni insurgents have begun hitting the enemies that kept them at bay in the capital</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide bombers, explosions rock Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three suicide bombers and a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday capped off a day of nationwide violence that left at least 15 people dead and 94 wounded, police and Iraqi officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Food, drugs run short in Sadr City, Red Cross says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood have destroyed the main market and isolated civilians from supplies of food and water, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PM vows not to let Iraq become 'the new Somalia'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling on political parties to unite against armed groups in Iraq, a spokesman said Sunday, warning that "Iraq cannot be the new Somalia."</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, says U.S.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday. </description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trying to Hold Together Iraq's Army
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Shi'ite militia continue to put pressure on  Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops 
</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Next Front in the Sadr Standoff</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730550,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730550,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Even as the fighting between Iraqi troops and the Shi'ite leader's militia died down over part of the weekend, the government's latest action could reignite tensions</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sadr City fighting rages for seventh day</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Shiite militias fought U.S. and Iraqi forces in Sadr City,  Baghdad, for a seventh day Saturday and a vehicle ban continued to frustrate residents, driven indoors for a week by the battles.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi, U.S. troops accused of Sadr City attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The office of Muqtada al-Sadr accused Iraqi and U.S. forces of attacking Sadr City on Friday, just hours after the Shiite cleric called for calm in the wake of the assassination of one of his top aides in the southern city of Najaf.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq Assassination Reignites Tensions</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As the curfew on Sadr City was set to be lifted, a Moqtada al-Sadr associate is killed, threatening Shi'ite violence</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City kill 20</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Violence raged for a fourth straight day in Baghdad's Sadr City, leaving 20 more Iraqis dead on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/07/al.maliki.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/07/al.maliki.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In an exclusive interview, CNN Correspondent Nic Robertson talked with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sermons show divide among Iraqi Shiites</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/shiite.divide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/shiite.divide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Shiite imams delivered very different sermons Friday, one sharply criticizing the Iraqi prime minister for his recent military push into Basra and the other praising the Iraqi leader for his "bravery" and "sacrifice."</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Sadr offers to help Iraqi security forces</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.alsadr/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.alsadr/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi PM: Basra Operation a 'Success'</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claimed Tuesday that a week-old operation against Shiite militias has been a "success" despite a cease-fire</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commander: Citizens, extra troops help 'crush' al Qaeda in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attacks are down 75 percent in recent months in a perilous stretch of neighborhoods in northeastern Baghdad, prompting a U.S. military officer to proclaim Monday that security there is "dramatically improving."</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi PM outraged over alleged civilian casualties</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Sunday with the top U.S. military commander in Iraq to voice his outrage over the reported deaths of Iraqi civilians during a Sunday morning military raid in Baghdad's Sadr City, a government spokesman told CNN. </description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sadr City fighting kills about 30</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi and coalition troops overnight killed about 30 people in Baghdad's Sadr City -- most of them in an airstrike -- 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"clearing operation" in Baghdad's dangerous Sadr City neighborhood Sunday, while in the southern city of Basra, the British military said a raid on an Iraqi intelligence office uncovered prisoners with signs of torture.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmaker: U.S. catching, releasing top terror targets</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military already knows what half of its most-wanted terrorist targets look like because they have been apprehended and photographed in the past, a Republican congresswoman said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>21 Shiites gunned down in front of 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City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A savage string of apparently coordinated bombings erupted Thursday in Sadr City, a Shiite slum of Baghdad, killing 138 people.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Raid in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 5, nabs 7</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Backed by U.S.-led coalition advisers, Iraqi security forces battled insurgents early Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunni leader dismayed by easing of security in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The easing of a security crackdown in Baghdad's volatile Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City may be emboldening members of Shiite death squads, a Sunni leader said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq's prime minister eases security around Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi checkpoints around Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad were being opened Tuesday with vehicles passing through unchecked, following an order by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scores killed in Iraq, including 26 in one bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Six bombs rocked Baghdad Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding nearly 100, most of them in a single attack in the Sadr City neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.  Thirteen people were killed in other regions of Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: 3 die as 'worst month' figures revealed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A bomb ripped through a market in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, another day of carnage in a city under siege by insurgents and people bent on sectarian revenge.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>50 workers snatched in Iraq bus hijacking</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Gunmen hijacked five buses carrying at least 50 workers at a factory north of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Iraqi police official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqis debate leadership amid bombings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi politicians failed to reach an agreement Tuesday in discussions on a new prime minister as violence claimed more American and Iraqi lives.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb kills at least 10 in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/04/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/04/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 28 others Tuesday in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clashes around Baghdad mosque kill 20</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Twenty people were killed Sunday in clashes around a major Shiite mosque on the northern edge of Baghdad's Sadr City amid differing accounts about who was involved in the fighting.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bodies marked 'traitor' found in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Attacks around Iraq on Monday claimed five lives and wounded at least 31 people, officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bombs kill at least 46 in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/12/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/12/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Six car bombs killed at least 46 people and wounded 204 others in Baghdad's largest Shiite neighborhood Sunday, Baghdad emergency police said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bombs kill 16, wound 90 in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two car bombs exploded minutes apart in southern Baghdad, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 90 others, Iraqi police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq violence leaves at least 29 dead</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/25/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A wave of new violence in Iraq, including a suicide bombing and a deadly armed robbery, left 29 people dead and scores wounded Sunday. Four bodies were also found.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ten militiamen killed in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/23/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/23/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Ten Iraqi militiamen were killed early Sunday in clashes with U.S. forces in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraqi police sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GI sentenced over Baghdad killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/11/iraq.soldier/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/11/iraq.soldier/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to three years in prison, forfeiture of all pay and a dishonorable discharge after he pleaded guilty to the killing of a severely wounded Iraqi civilian, the U.S. military said in a statement.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq extends weapons amnesty</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.amnesty/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.amnesty/index.html</guid><description>Iraq's interim government says it will extend the weapons handover program for Sadr City, a Baghdad slum rife with anti-U.S. sentiments, and will soon extend the arms amnesty program nationwide.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weapons handover begins in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/10/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/10/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqis aligned with the Medhi Army began trickling into Iraqi police stations in Sadr City Monday morning, exchanging their weapons for coupons they can later use to get cash from the Iraqi government.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 07:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militia to disarm in Sadr City peace deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Details of a breakthrough peace initiative to end battles in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City were announced Saturday by Iraq's interim government and militia loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Iraqi troops expand offensive</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>More than 2,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, even as insurgents targeted a hotel near Baghdad's Green Zone.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:34:00 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hostages</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi militants have killed 12 Nepalis they captured just over a week ago, the militants and a Nepalese official said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attacks halt oil from southern Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.oil/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.oil/index.html</guid><description>Insurgent attacks on pipelines have brought oil exports from southern Iraq to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, part of a rebel campaign to undermine the nation's post-war reconstruction efforts.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>