"There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," Abu Muhanad said as he walked through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found.
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
The Prime Minister's police and military forces try to secure the oil-rich region as they push out the Sadrists -- with quiet help from the Americans
A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life -- but also frustration at what residents see as government neglect
Four Iraqi judges were targeted in separate bombing attacks Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
In the Iraqi capital, residents agree that there has been progress. But most worry that it's just a momentary blip
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday sternly rebuked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's latest threats..
The radical cleric looks to recover from a recent military setback by winning provincial elections
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is establishing a new fighting force to battle U.S.-led troops in Iraq, he said in a letter read in Iraqi mosques Friday.
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
"There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," Abu Muhanad said as he walked through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found.
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
The Prime Minister's police and military forces try to secure the oil-rich region as they push out the Sadrists -- with quiet help from the Americans
A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life -- but also frustration at what residents see as government neglect
Four Iraqi judges were targeted in separate bombing attacks Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
In the Iraqi capital, residents agree that there has been progress. But most worry that it's just a momentary blip
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday sternly rebuked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's latest threats..
The radical cleric looks to recover from a recent military setback by winning provincial elections
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is establishing a new fighting force to battle U.S.-led troops in Iraq, he said in a letter read in Iraqi mosques Friday.
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
Recent deadly clashes in Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City represent Shiite-vs.-Shiite political maneuvering ahead of Iraqi provincial elections, analysts say.
A roadside bomb in northern Iraq killed at least five Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry official said.
Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday
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.
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
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.
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.
Hundreds flee the Baghdad neighborhood as U.S. and Iraqi forces confront the Mahdi Army in an urban stronghold
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
US military commanders are praising the recent performance of Iraqi government forces. But for many American soldiers, the picture is hardly as rosy
The leader of the Mahdi Army warns of open war against the U.S.-backed government of Iraq, a U.S. Secretary of State Rice makes an announced visit to Iraq in support of al-Maliki
Al Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday.
Shi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops
The Shi'ite militia leader voices new demands and strengthens his hand, as insurgents send out car bombs north and west of Baghdad
As the curfew on Sadr City was set to be lifted, a Moqtada al-Sadr associate is killed, threatening Shi'ite violence
Violence raged for a fourth straight day in Baghdad's Sadr City, leaving 20 more Iraqis dead on Wednesday.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called off a mass demonstration set for Wednesday in Baghdad and threatened to formally end the seven-month cease-fire of his Mehdi Army militia.
As Washington debates the future of its troop surge, the Shi'ite cleric who wants the U.S. out faces down the Iraqi government
Three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 others wounded in two rocket attacks Sunday afternoon in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
The Iraqi Prime Minister calls off hostilities against Mahdi Army strongholds, but Moqtada al-Sadr is still planning a huge anti-U.S. rally next week
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shi'ite militiamen, according to a statement issued by his office
The Iraqi official in charge of security improvements in Iraq talks to TIME following his abduction by the Mahdi Army
The British defense minister on Tuesday said the number of British troops in Iraq will remain at the current level of around 4,000 for the time being.
Analysis: The radical cleric manages to be both politician and warrior and, by standing up to the U.S. and Maliki, has won even more street cred as an Iraqi patriot
The militant leader calls for an end to the fighting. Though his followers listened, it's not yet clear what will happen next
A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in the Iraqi capital Sunday as the death toll mounted from clashes between government troops and Shiite Muslim militants.
The Iraqi government's offensive has turned into a full-fledged fight against the Mahdi Army -- whose ceasefire appears on the brink of collapse
The Iraqi Prime Minister grants Basra's fighters an extension to hand over weapons as Baghdad is placed under curfew
Fighting escalates, a curfew is imposed, and the US maintains a fig leaf of a ceasefire with Moqtada al-Sadr
The fighting among Shiite militias and government troops in Basra is a glimpse of Iraq's future, and pivotal cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in deep trouble, according to two CNN correspondents and a CNN military analyst.
Iraq's Prime Minister launches a critical offensive against the biggest Shi'a militia -- with 72 hours for it to surrender
Fighting between Iraqi security forces and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left 50 dead in the southern city of Basra and spread to several Baghdad districts Tuesday, Iraqi officials said.
Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters battled on Friday in Baghdad and a southeastern provincial capital, an Interior Ministry official said.
Iraqi militants interviewed by TIME describe being trained in Iran, lending support to U.S. charges that Tehran continues to undermine security in Iraq
The grass-roots cleric whose Mehdi Army militia has gained notoriety among coalition troops admitted many followers have split from his movement or do not heed his leadership.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for six months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia, al-Sadr's office in Baghdad said Friday.
The Mehdi Army cease-fire that has been credited with helping to reduce violence in Iraq since August could end soon, a spokesman for the radical cleric who heads the Shiite militia said Wednesday.
The warlord is threatening to lift his cease-fire against American forces, Sunnis and his Shi'ite rivals. The U.S. says it's not worried, but perhaps it should be
With the Shi'ite cleric's Mahdi Army ending its cease-fire, the U.S. is downplaying his capacity for mischief. That's a mistake
In Sadr City, political maneuvering and military security combine to produce a semblance of peace. But what will happen when U.S. troops start to leave?
Moqtada al-Sadr's forces may have declared a cease-fire, but their presence in the Iraqi security forces remains a concern
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko was injured Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Pentagon sources said.
In the hot spot called Haswah, the U.S. military has an unorthodox meeting with their worst enemy in the area
The volatile cleric was praised when he said he was freezing his militia. But U.S. officers on the ground are doubtful it will make much difference on the streets
About 26,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces are taking part in an offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
The U.S. military called radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's order to suspend his Mehdi Army militia for the next six months "encouraging."
Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a suspension of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months for restructuring, a senior aide said Wednesday.
As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy
Clashes between Shiite militias left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded in Karbala and Baghdad, prompting Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday to call for calm, his spokesman said.
A roadside bomb Monday killed the governor of the predominantly Shiite Muthanna province, police said, the second assassination of a top provincial official in just over a week
Wednesday's raid on a Mahdi Army cell in Sadr City signals a new intention to get tough on militias with ties to Iran
Iraqi and coalition troops overnight killed about 30 people in Baghdad's Sadr City -- most of them in an airstrike -- as they targeted a militia cell with suspected links to Iran, the U.S. military said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces began major military operations Monday to the north and south of Baghdad, while Iraqi officials said 36 people were killed in clashes in southern Iraq
The presence of a massive American force in the streets of Baghdad has restrained the Mahdi Army
Western advisors are the target this time, and initial suspicion is focusing on the Mahdi Army
With the radical Shi'ite cleric back on the scene, pressure on Maliki will mount, and so may calls for a withdrawal timetable
U.S. troops and fighters from radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army clashed outside one of al-Sadr's main offices Sunday.
A powerful and radical Shiite cleric implored his followers Sunday to stop killing Iraqis and focus their violent efforts on ousting American forces from the war-torn nation.
U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested the Iraqi deputy health minister Thursday morning in a raid on the Health Ministry complex in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
Iraqi authorities say they have been quietly taking a bolder stance against Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, and the United States says it has uncovered evidence that Iran is involved in attacks inside Iraq.
Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army has replaced al Qaeda in Iraq as "the most dangerous accelerant" of the sectarian violence plaguing Iraq for nearly a year, according to a Pentagon report.
Attacks by Iraqi insurgents and sectarian militias jumped 22 percent from mid-August to mid-November, according to a Pentagon report released Monday.
Iraq's prime minister saw his support erode on two fronts Wednesday as a White House memo questioned his leadership and a powerful political bloc suspended participation in Iraq's government.
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc is threatening to withdraw support from Iraq's government if next week's planned meeting in Jordan between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki takes place.
The uncle of the U.S. soldier abducted in Baghdad last month said his nephew is believed to have been kidnapped by breakaway elements of a notorious Shiite militia.
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.
The brother of Iraq's interior minister escaped Sunday amid the chaos of a gunfight between his captors and members of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, according to Iraqi police and a militia official.
Insurgents have infiltrated Iraq's security forces, a senior Iraqi official said, as the fallout continued over British forces' use of armed vehicles to smash their way into a police station to rescue two undercover soldiers.
Iraq's oil exports were still running at half their normal levels Saturday as a Shi'ite uprising forced authorities to keep a main southern pipeline shut, a South Oil Company official said.
Armed militia loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ignored Iraqi government orders to disarm and leave the Imam Ali Mosque on Thursday as the nation's interim prime minister issued a final call for them to comply.
About 300 militia fighters have been killed in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf in fighting since Thursday, U.S. military officials said.
An Iraqi deputy foreign minister was gunned down in an ambush Saturday morning in front of his home in Baghdad, witnesses and government sources said.
U.S. soldiers killed at least 16 suspected insurgents early Sunday and found a large cache of weapons at a mosque during an operation in the city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia, military officials said.
U.S. soldiers killed 16 suspected insurgents early Sunday and found a large cache of weapons at a mosque during an operation in the city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia, military officials said.
Iraq's interim government, slated to take charge in 45 says, will have the authority to order coalition troops to leave, but a member of the Iraqi Governing Council said Sunday it is unlikely to do so.
Insurgents and U.S. troops battled across Iraq as talk of Shiite peace moves competed with sounds of mortars and gunfire in Najaf, the stronghold of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia.
U.S. troops and Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army fought bitterly on the Muslim holy day, trading fire in the radical cleric's power centers of Najaf and Karbala, despite ongoing peace negotiations.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rallied his supporters with condemnation of the prisoner abuse crisis during his weekly sermon Friday at Kufa mosque, near the site of pitched battles between his Mehdi Army militia and U.S. troops.
Coalition forces battled Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia on Thursday in the militant Shiite cleric's strongholds of Karbala, Najaf and Kufa.
A Bulgarian soldier has been shot dead by suspected insurgents who ambushed his convoy in the Iraqi holy Shiite city of Karbala, coalition forces said.
Coalition troops battled Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents separately in several key Iraq cities Wednesday, one day after suffering their deadliest ground attack since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1.
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