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	Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - Inside Sadr City
		Sadr City is also, along with Gaza and the West Bank, the
		Sadr City is an immense grid in eastern Baghdad of ramshackle one-story buildings covered with dust - not unlike slums in North Africa or Pakistan.
		Hussein al-Motery is the general administrator of the municipality of Sadr City, the man ultimately responsible for the well-being of almost 3 million people, more than half the population of Baghdad.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/IE10Ak05.html (924 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Sadr City: Restive Shia stronghold
		Sadr City is a substantial, almost perfectly square densely populated grid-pattern suburb that looks as if it has been bolted onto the north-east of Baghdad.
		Sadr City is, in effect, a Shia township.
		Sadr City is mostly under the control of Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army militia - whose activities range from sectarian revenge killings, and attacks on multinational security forces, to community work and neighbourhood-watch.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/6100044.stm (649 words)

	18 Iraqis killed in Sadr City: World: Iraqi Dossier: News24
		But a US military officer based in Sadr City said 26 militiamen were killed and four wounded in various incidents involving attacks on US patrols between 16:00 on Sunday and 06:00 on Monday.
		He said there were up to 12 US patrols during the period throughout Sadr City, in the northern part of the capital, and that many of them were attacked by "anti-Iraqi and anti-coalition forces" with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, forcing soldiers to respond.
		Sadr, who has been holed up in the central Shiite holy city of Najaf for close to two months, sparked a revolt against the coalition in early April.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1531713,00.html (288 words)

	Iraq leader lifts blockade in Sadr City - The Boston Globe
		Sadr City is the base of the country's most feared militia, the Mahdi Army, which answers to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
		The blockade caused hours-long backups, and Sadr City's largely working-class residents complained that the cost of food and fuel was soaring.
		Sadr City residents celebrated both the flexing of the Shi'ite government's clout and what they saw as a concession by the United States.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/11/01/iraq_leader_lifts_blockade_in_sadr_city (978 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Sadr City's 'daily massacre' rages as death toll soars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		An Iraqi militiaman loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fires a mortar round during fighting between Sadr's Mahdi Army and U.S. forces Sunday in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City, Iraq.
		At least 14 U.S. soldiers have died in and near Sadr City since April, including five killed Friday when their convoy was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade on the outskirts of Sadr City, and two killed Saturday by a roadside bomb at the same location.
		As it has been for decades, residents complain, the suffering in Sadr City, a sprawling neighborhood of 3 million Iraqis who were severely oppressed by Saddam Hussein, goes largely unnoticed.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001950733_sadrcity08.html (1178 words)

	Black Sunday in Sadr City
		First, Sadr City is one of the poorest districts in all Baghdad, and one of the most densely populated.
		Experts who have studied this country say that the people of Sadr City not only are part of the Shi'ite majority while Saddam Hussein was part of the Sunni minority, but the people of the city held Hussein responsible for their misery.
		Formal changeover of responsibility for Baghdad and Sadr City occurred on April 15, 2004.
	www.talkingproud.us /Eagle101904.html (5765 words)

	IRAQ: Muqtada al-Sadr - Council on Foreign Relations
		Sadr also has strong support in Najaf, the holy city where the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, Ali ibn Abi Talib, is buried.
		Sadr refused to meet a delegation from the Iraqi National Conference August 17, and the standoff continued until Sistani returned from London August 25 and negotiated a cease-fire agreement that left Sistani’s supporters in charge of the Imam Ali mosque.
		Ali Smeisim, a Sadr spokesman, told Al Jazeera August 30 that Sadr was calling on his forces to stop fighting and wait for an upcoming “political project.” Sadr supporters have said they will field candidates for the January elections and campaign on a platform calling for U.S. forces to withdraw.
	www.cfr.org /background/background_iraq_alsadr.php (1760 words)

	The taming of Sadr City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sadr City - the overcrowded, under-serviced 3 million-person Baghdad slum that has been the site of some of the fiercest fighting in Iraq - is the linchpin of the war.
		The organization in Sadr City is an echo of similar developments in Sunni cities (with Fallujah as the center), and it may foreshadow similar developments in the all-important Shi'ite south.
		Sadr City's status as the center of Shi'ite insurgency is another protection, since a full-scale attack there could well trigger insurrections throughout the currently quiescent Shi'ite areas of Iraq.
	www.populistamerica.com /the_taming_of_sadr_city (8571 words)

	Sadr army owns city's streets \| csmonitor.com
		The US effort to arrest Sadr in April, which sparked uprisings in southern cities, gave the cleric a national stature that is likely to have a profound impact on Iraq's political development.
		Now, he says, he's driven by a desire to make sure Sadr City is never subject to an outside power again, one of the reasons he's so opposed to the US presence here.
		Sadr in the back streets of Najaf, and few people are willing to say anything negative about the young firebrand whose uprising hurt local business and left hundreds of Iraqis dead.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0804/p01s01-woiq.html (2399 words)

	Racket of rebuilding fills Sadr City as gunfire quiets \| csmonitor.com
		Sadr City has been high on the list of US reconstruction priorities since the beginning of the war.
		Sadr, whose revered father gave his name to the district, is perhaps Iraq's most outspoken opponent of the occupation.
		Not everyone in Sadr City follows Sadr, but his ability to call on legions of young men here who profess their readiness to die for him complicated US reconstruction plans.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/1220/p01s03-woiq.html (1606 words)

	Hotell Sadr City & Reseguide Sadr City
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		Oavsett om du åker på en weekend i Sadr City eller en semester i Sadr City så kan det vara en fördel att boka ett hotellrum i Sadr City.
		The impoverished Shia neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, the flash point of the al-Sadr...
	www.hotellfynd.se /hotell-sadrcity.php (345 words)

	city - web2announcer
		Sadr's fl-clad fighters -- who battled U.S. forces in the past -- have appeared to stand down, even as Sadr publicly condemns the U.S. presence.
		An 18-year-old was fatally shot aboard a city bus and another man was killed in a separate attack Friday in a neighborhood where such crimes have brought the return of patrols by the Guardian Angels.
		City commissioners early Saturday finalized the firing of a city manager who is seeking a sex change operation, despite pleas from dozens of impassioned supporters to save his job.
	city.web2announcer.com (1785 words)

	Al Jazeera English - News - Us Forces Scour Sadr City
		Sadr City is thought of as firmly in the hands of the al-Madhi Army, a group led by Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia leader.
		US military were thought to be converting the al-Jazair police station in Sadr City into a joint operations centre.
		Falah Hassan, a spokesman for Sadr's bloc in parliament, said there was "no reason" for such a "provocative act".
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/CA9A5D38-31C2-4959-9849-70A071EB824C.htm (799 words)

	kyw.com - 6 Suspects Detained In Sadr City Raid
		The raid was aimed at capturing the leader of an illegally armed group of more than 100 people suspected in kidnappings, killings, illegal checkpoints, rocket attacks and bombings against security forces and civilians in northeastern Baghdad, according to a statement.
		Sadr City is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the Shiite militia that is loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and blamed in much of the sectarian violence in the capital.
		A raid on the Shiite slum of Sadr City resulted in the capture of six suspects by Iraqi and U.S. forces.
	cbs3.com /national/topstories_story_350091323.html (326 words)

	Twofold Operation Seals Sadr City - washingtonpost.com
		BAGHDAD, Oct. 29 -- American military police backed by Iraqi troops maintained their cordon of Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, manning barricades and checkpoints in and around the Shiite slum in an operation to find a kidnapped U.S. soldier and to capture the man considered Iraq's most notorious death squad leader.
		The Iraqi Interior Ministry official and residents of Sadr City said close lieutenants of Abu Deraa's and some of his relatives were killed in U.S. raids near his house on Wednesday and Friday.
		Although the Sadr movement has previously disavowed Abu Deraa, a Sadr spokesman said Sunday that Abu Deraa was a member of the militia and that he would never speak against the cleric.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900562_pf.html (1158 words)

	Once a hotbed, suburb has cooled as U.S. works with firebrand cleric who had spurred violence \| The San Diego ...
		Life in Sadr City, a sprawling slum of 2.5 million people, is dominated by the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose face is on posters plastered everywhere.
		Sadr City used to be called Saddam City.
		After the U.S.-led invasion ousted the dictator, the long-repressed district changed its name to Sadr City for the late Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a prominent cleric slain in 1999 who was the father of the firebrand who now dominates the district.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050815/news_1n15sadr.html (536 words)

	Philadelphia Inquirer \| 03/05/2007 \| U.S. and Iraqi forces enter Sadr City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The quiet but dramatic advance in Sadr City - involving nearly 1,200 U.S. and Iraqi forces who didn't fire a shot - marked one of the most significant developments in the security clampdown in Baghdad since it took effect nearly three weeks ago.
		Sadr's militiamen lowered their profile under intense government pressure to give the security operation a chance to root out both Sunni and Shiite extremists.
		A Sadr ally, lawmaker Falah Hassan, claimed that the Sadr City pact called for Iraqi forces to lead the searches and only call in U.S. units if they faced resistance.
	www.philly.com /mld/inquirer/16835812.htm (700 words)

	A look at Baghdad slum of Sadr City - Boston.com
		-- Sadr City is an overwhelmingly Shiite Muslim northeast Baghdad community of some 2.5 million people, and a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia blamed for much of the sectarian killing in the Iraqi capital.
		After Saddam's ouster in 2003, it became known as Sadr City after Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was killed, probably by Saddam's agents, in 1999.
		Sadr City, one of Baghdad's poorest areas, suffers from rampant unemployment and ailing infrastructure.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/03/04/a_look_at_baghdad_slum_of_sadr_city?mode=PF (425 words)

	How Sadr City protects Abu Deraa - World - smh.com.au
		Hence this statement by Sadr City councillor Naim al-Qaabi to reporters after a US attack on the warlord's home in October: "I have heard of Abu Deraa, but he is not a member of the Mahdi Army, which is only a defensive force to protect our people and sacred places."
		Sketching the nature of Sadr City for the Herald, a Baghdadi whose work requires regular visits to Sadr City fell back on an old Arab saying to explain the intelligence failure behind the American's inability to control the slums: "The citizens of Mecca know who the citizens are".
		The Ayatollah also reveals the hands-on role of the religious leadership in Sadr City and their interaction with the Mahdi Army which appears to wield significantly more authority than the national police.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/how-sadr-city-protects-abu-deraa/2006/12/19/1166290532933.html (1080 words)

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		Mission 78: Sadr City (Revisited) MP Muqtada al-Sadr’s rebels were defeated in 2004, but today’s Mahdi Army is an order of lethal soldiers and renegade death squads.
		In the neighborhood of Sadr City, home to the Mahdi Army, 50,000 US and Iraqi troops have a particularly grueling challenge.
		Sadr City is a boiling cauldron of sectarian strife, religious decree, Iranian influence, and sheer madness.
	www.kumagames.com /mission/m78_sadrcity/overview.php (423 words)

	Digg - Near Sadr City, U.S. troops await attack
		The iraqi government is dominated by the Shiites in general and Sadr in particular, so it's not all that strange that the iraqi army avoids action against Sadr City, or that the US army treads lightly.
		Sadr and his Mahdi Army are also the guys still holding a US marine captive, possibly somewhere in Sadr City.
		Sadr City is mainly what is known as a "Red Zone" which is a HIGHLY undesirable area to go into.
	digg.com /world_news/Near_Sadr_City_U_S_troops_await_attack (1667 words)

	US Death Toll Nears 1,000; Dozens Killed as Sadr City Erupts Again
		Fierce clashes were raging in Sadr City, an AFP correspondent said, reporting that smoke was rising from some areas of the over-populated Baghdad slum while US fighter jets were flying overhead.
		Sadr's office said the Iraqi government had refused their request that US troops should only enter the two-million-strong slum for reconstruction purposes and also rejected their demand for compensation.
		The US military announced they had set up collection points across Sadr City for fighters to turn in their heavy weaponry but the call remained unheeded in the absence of a formal agreement.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/0907-01.htm (905 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Election in Sadr City Goes Smoothly
		Sadr City, part of the East Baghdad area, is home to about 2.6 million people.
		Election day in Sadr City was a resounding success, with no incidents in the crowded area of 2.6 million people, 3rd Infantry Division officials said.
		Most residents of the city have safe, clean drinking water and coalition contracts are rebuilding hospitals and clinics throughout the city.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Dec2005/20051215_3667.html (495 words)

	Baghdad's Shiite stronghold Sadr City a success for U.S. security effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The capital's Sadr City section was once a hotbed of Shiite Muslim unrest, but it has become one of the brightest successes for the U.S. security effort.
		After the U.S.-led invasion ousted the dictator, the long-repressed district changed its name to Sadr City for the late Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a prominent cleric slain in 1999 who was father of the young firebrand who now dominates the district.
		American commanders say Sadr controls a "punishment committee" that enforces vigilante justice against the cleric's opponents and those who violate religious strictures, such as those who drink alcohol and men who go without beards.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05227/551933.stm (622 words)

	Green Left - IRAQ: Strike forces US to end Sadr City siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sadr City is a stronghold of the political movement led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr, an outspoken opponent of the US occupation of Iraq, and his Mahdi Army militia.
		In 2004, the US occupation forces attempted to “capture or kill” Sadr but were fought to a stalemate by his fighters in Sadr City and in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, in south-central Iraq.
		Following the unexpectedly strong showing for Sadr’s movement in January’s parliamentary elections — in which candidates aligned with Sadr emerged as a key group within the Iraqi legislature — Washington launched a propaganda campaign to prepare the ground for a new assault on the Sadr movement.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2006/689/35822 (1100 words)

	ireland.com - Breaking News - Mon, Oct 30, 2006 - Bomb in Sadr City slum kills 31 people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sadr City, a sprawling neighborhood of 2.5 million people, has been the scene of repeated bomb attacks by suspected al-Qaeda fighters seeking to incite Shia revenge attacks and drag the country into full-blown civil war.
		The US and Iraqi military have kept a tight cordon around Sadr City since a raid there last week in search of an alleged Shia death squad leader, who was not found.
		The last major bombing in Sadr City occurred last week, when a bomb hidden in a barrel blew up a kerosene tanker and killed at least 35 people as scores waited to buy fuel.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/2006/1030/breaking12.htm (330 words)

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