http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Shia_IslamFind stories, videos, and photos about Shia Islam from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:52:47 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.shiite.cleric/tztop.iraq.alhakim.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Shia_Islam14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Shia Islam from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.shiite.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.shiite.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTextTens of thousands converged Friday on the streets of Baghdad to pay final respects to one of Iraq's top Shiite leaders.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/27/iran.iraqi.shiite.leader.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/27/iran.iraqi.shiite.leader.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextA funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader wound through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.shiite.leader.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.shiite.leader.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of Iraq's top Shiite leaders died Wednesday after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, a senior official with his office told CNN.Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 40 people and injured 70 -- many of them women -- during a Shia pilgrimage in northwestern Baghdad Sunday, Iraqi officials told CNN.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:47:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIt's Iraq's electorate, not the politicians, that want the Americans out. And with elections looming, nobody wants to be seen as inviting them to stay Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/al.sistani.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/al.sistani.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Web site of Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric was hacked on Friday, with the attackers' messages saying they are Sunnis upset over fatwas, or edicts, issued on the site.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835610,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835610,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGunmen seriously wounded a Shiite cleric and an outspoken critic of sectarian militias in an ambush SundaySun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826972,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe 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 spentTue, 29 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe 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 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe radical cleric looks to recover from a recent military setback by winning provincial electionsSat, 14 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812814,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812814,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics"General Ali" has helped make the Lutufiyah area, once one of the most dangerous in the country, one of Iraq's safest. Can his model be replicated elsewhere?Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808236,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808236,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsUnder a truce agreement, Iraqi government troops can now patrol the Mahdi Army's stronghold. But Sadr's forces have retained much of their muscleWed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRepresentatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire MondayMon, 12 May 2008 14:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739156,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739156,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.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-fireSun, 11 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738431,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738431,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi Government signals plans for an offensive in eastern Baghdad that is likely to displace thousands of civiliansThu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith 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 capitalSun, 27 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735034,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735034,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Sunnis hated it when Maliki flirted with Sadr. Now they are flirting with Maliki, who is fighting Sadr. The Shi'ite cleric may still have the last laughFri, 25 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732495,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732495,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe 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-MalikiSun, 20 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsShi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731022,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731022,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Shi'ite militia leader voices new demands and strengthens his hand, as insurgents send out car bombs north and west of BaghdadTue, 15 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the curfew on Sadr City was set to be lifted, a Moqtada al-Sadr associate is killed, threatening Shi'ite violenceFri, 11 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730201,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730201,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was assassinated Friday in the holy city of Najaf. Authorities immediately announced a citywide curfew and security forces deployed on the streetsFri, 11 Apr 2008 20:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs Washington debates the future of its troop surge, the Shi'ite cleric who wants the U.S. out faces down the Iraqi governmentTue, 08 Apr 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728136,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728136,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi Prime Minister calls off hostilities against Mahdi Army strongholds, but Moqtada al-Sadr is still planning a huge anti-U.S. rally next weekFri, 04 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1727935,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1727935,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shi'ite militiamen, according to a statement issued by his officeFri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726977,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726977,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi official in charge of security improvements in Iraq talks to TIME following his abduction by the Mahdi Army Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726763,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726763,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: 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 patriotTue, 01 Apr 2008 18:35:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726452,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726452,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi government's offensive has turned into a full-fledged fight against the Mahdi Army -- whose ceasefire appears on the brink of collapseSat, 29 Mar 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726132,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726132,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi Prime Minister grants Basra's fighters an extension to hand over weapons as Baghdad is placed under curfew Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725526,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725526,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraq's Prime Minister launches a critical offensive against the biggest Shi'a militia -- with 72 hours for it to surrender Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1723301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1723301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraqi militants interviewed by TIME describe being trained in Iran, lending support to U.S. charges that Tehran continues to undermine security in IraqTue, 18 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714848,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714848,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe 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 beWed, 20 Feb 2008 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA messianic Shiite cult's battles with police and attacks on religious holiday pilgrims have left 75 dead across Iraq in two days, officials say.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomb detonated near a Shiite religious site in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding 22, police told CNN.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/iran.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/iran.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iranian naval commander Monday said his forces are willing to carry out suicide missions when facing enemy forces in the Persian Gulf, according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo rival Shiite leaders signed an agreement Saturday to end months of rancor and fighting between the two powerful movements they command, a representative of one of the men said.Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:42:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe 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 streetsTue, 18 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacyWed, 29 Aug 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656890,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656890,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolice told more than 1 million pilgrims to leave the Shiite holy city of Karbala Tuesday after two days of violence claimed at least 27 lives during a religious festivalTue, 28 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654399,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654399,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA 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 weekMon, 20 Aug 2007 19:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651031,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651031,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWednesday's raid on a Mahdi Army cell in Sadr City signals a new intention to get tough on militias with ties to Iran Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA truck bomb struck a Shi'ite mosque Tuesday in central Baghdad, killing 78 people and wounding more than 200Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1634303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.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 IraqMon, 18 Jun 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1633546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1633546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe presence of a massive American force in the streets of Baghdad has restrained the Mahdi ArmySun, 17 Jun 2007 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.htmlAttackers struck nine Sunni mosques in Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital in the aftermath of Wednesday's bombing of Al-Askariya Mosque -- a major Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra, police said Thursday.Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1630450,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1630450,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsEvidence of ties to the JFK terror plot is thin. But it's not hard to believe, says Robert Baer, that Iran is eyeing American targetsFri, 08 Jun 2007 17:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.car.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.car.bomb/index.htmlA pair of car bombs exploded in northern Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighborhood Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 27 others, an Interior Ministry official said. A third car bomb found in the area is being dismantled.Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:36:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625394,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625394,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the radical Shi'ite cleric back on the scene, pressure on Maliki will mount, and so may calls for a withdrawal timetable Tue, 29 May 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomber attacked between two Shiite shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday, killing at least 58 people and wounding 170, a police spokesman said.Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlBlack smoke filled the skies over central Baghdad just before midday Monday as a suicide car bomber detonated explosives in a busy commercial district, killing 28 people and wounding 56 others, Baghdad police said.Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlFive explosions ripped through central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 90 people, amid memorials marking last year's attack on a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, police said.Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlA suicide bomber detonated Monday as he tried to enter a Shia religious procession in northwestern Pakistan, killing himself and a police officer, police sources said.Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite religious figures were the apparent targets of a plot by a Muslim messianic cult intent on seizing the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said.Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlA battle between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and insurgents raged into Monday morning after Iraqi officials said they foiled a plot to attack pilgrims and kill leading clerics in the Shiite Muslim holy city.Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlAt least 13 people, including a senior police official, were killed Saturday evening in a suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar, police sources told CNN.Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/24/alsadr.profile/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/24/alsadr.profile/index.htmlAnti-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.Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.pilgrimage/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.pilgrimage/index.htmlSecurity was tight in Baghdad on Saturday as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims walked through the capital to commemorate the death of a revered 8th century imam -- Musa al-Kadhim.Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlA prominent Shiite leader has been killed in a suicide bombing near his home, police said.Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/14/iraq.main/index.htmlA spate of weekend violence, concentrated near the Iraqi capital, has claimed 34 lives -- most of them civilians -- and leveled six Shiite shrines, evidence that sectarian tensions are still strong.Sun, 14 May 2006 10:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite mourners carrying dozens of coffins filled Baghdad's streets Saturday, as families buried victims of the massive suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque a day earlier.Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/ashura.wrap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/ashura.wrap/index.htmlThe death toll following Thursday's suicide attack in the city of Hangu in northwest Pakistan has reached 30, police sources have told CNN.Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlTwenty-two people have been killed and dozens more were wounded in a suicide attack during a Shiite Muslim holiday procession in the city of Hangu in northwest Pakistan, officials said.Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo bombs exploded only minutes apart Tuesday in a central Baghdad market, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, Iraqi emergency police said.Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.elections/index.htmlIraqis started the year with a historic transitional assembly election. They voted for a constitution in October. And on Thursday they will cap their tumultuous year when many are expected vote for a full four-year parliament.Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was chased from a mosque Sunday in Najaf in what he said was an apparent attempt on his life.Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomb blast Wednesday inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Hilla, south of the capital, killed at least 25 people and wounded 87 others, Iraqi police officials said.Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's three major groups -- Kurds, Shiite Arabs and Sunni Arabs -- continue to debate the proposed constitution, striving to win over critics by Sunday.Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/25/shiite.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/25/shiite.violence/index.htmlFollowing bloody battles in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday called for an end to violence between his supporters and those loyal to a rival Shiite leader.Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlA third midnight deadline for Iraq's proposed constitution passed without agreement Thursday, with negotiators taking another day to resolve their differences before sending the charter to voters, the country's parliament speaker said.Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi leaders tried to overcome a roadblock -- the issue of Shiite autonomy -- on Thursday as they worked to meet Monday's deadline to draft a new constitution.Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/15/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to Iraq Sunday, praising Iraqi authorities and U.S. troops amid an insurgency that is taking dozens of lives each week.Sun, 15 May 2005 06:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.htmlExplosions ripped through Iraq on Friday, leaving at least 27 people dead and five dozen wounded as Shiite Muslims observed Ashura, authorities said.Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlDeadly car bombings on Sunday hit the Iraqi Shiite Muslim holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing 67 people, officials said.Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.politics/index.htmlA coalition fielding 228 candidates and supported by Iraq's top Shiite cleric has been formed to compete in the January 30 national elections.Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.oil/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.oil/index.htmlInsurgent 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.Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera broadcast videotape Saturday showing two French journalists who apparently have been taken hostage in Iraq by a group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq.Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reached an agreement with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in war-torn Najaf, al-Sistani aides said Thursday.Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most powerful Shiite Muslim cleric, called on Iraqis Wednesday to march to Najaf to help rescue the holy city, site of nearly three weeks of fighting between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi troops.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/23/iraq.main/index.htmlIntensified U.S. airstrikes hit targets around the Imam Ali Mosque late Monday and a huge fire lit the sky around the Shiite Islam shrine.Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.htmlFighting between U.S. forces and fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr continued into the early morning hours Sunday, with explosions heard near the Imam Ali Mosque.Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:21:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/20/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/20/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices fell back below $48 a barrel Friday after earlier soaring above $49, but continuing violence in Iraq and solid worldwide demand kept investors talking about another possible rise next week.Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.main/index.htmlTwenty-five heavily armed foreigners holed up inside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday in a written statement.Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.alsadr/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.alsadr/index.htmlHow has Muqtada al-Sadr gained so much attention?Fri, 13 Aug 2004 05:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite and interim Iraqi government leaders began cease-fire talks Friday with the forces of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, Iraqi authorities said.Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/08/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi paid a surprise visit to the holy Muslim city of Najaf on Sunday, the scene of recent fierce fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents that has left an estimated 300 rebels dead.Sun, 08 Aug 2004 09:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi purportedly claims responsibility for last week's missile attack against Iraq's interim prime minister, according to a statement posted on several Islamic Web sites Wednesday.Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.main/index.htmlAn artillery shell used in a roadside bomb in Baghdad did contain the nerve agent sarin as originally thought, U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday.Tue, 25 May 2004 06:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.bomb/index.htmlAt least 14 people have been killed and 200 injured by a suicide bomber at a Shiite mosque in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police said.Sat, 08 May 2004 06:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/shiite.leaders/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/shiite.leaders/index.htmlHow has Muqtada al-Sadr gotten so much attention? Believed to be about 30 years old, al-Sadr is the son of a grand ayatollah but U.S. officials think his support is relatively small, and concentrated among the young and poor.Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/pakistan.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/pakistan.attack/index.htmlGovernment officials have raised the toll from an attack by gunmen on Shiite Muslim worshippers in southwest Pakistan, saying at least 50 people were killed and 140 wounded.Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/pakistan.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/pakistan.attack/index.htmlThree gunmen opened fire and hurled grenades on a procession of Shiite Muslim worshippers in the southwest Pakistani city of Quetta Tuesday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores more.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.karbala.festival/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.karbala.festival/index.htmlIt is the holiest day for Iraq's Shiite Muslims.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.scene/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.scene/index.htmlExplosions in two Iraqi cities, which killed or injured dozens of people during the Muslim holiday of Ashura, sent crowds of pilgrims fleeing in panic.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/02/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlSuspected insurgents killed scores of people Tuesday in well-organized, simultaneous attacks in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala on the holiest Shiite Muslim day of the year, U.S.-led coalition officials said.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 07:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/sprj.nirq.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/sprj.nirq.prison/index.htmlThe Iraqi Governing Council says it has asked authorities to investigate allegations an illegal prison is being run by a top Shiite cleric.Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlAn Iraqi Governing Council member said on Thursday that a top Shiite cleric and coalition officials are crafting a solution for selecting an Iraqi transitional legislature and developing a compromise on elections.Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/09/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/09/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlA man on a bicycle packed with explosives blew himself up in front of a mosque during Friday prayers in the eastern Iraqi town of Ba'qubah, killing four people and wounding dozens, U.S.-led coalition officials said.Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:58:00 EST