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BAGHDAD, April 18 -- Iraqi security forces backed up by the U.S. military killed four Mahdi Army militiamen and captured 11 others Friday, the Interior Ministry said, in heavy Street fighting in the Shiite district of Sadr City. Two other militia fighters were killed in a clash south of Baghdad, the...

Cleric Moqtada Sadr says he will wage 'open war' on iraq's government if operations against his fighters continue.

The statement, which was posted on his website, accused the U.S.-backed government of Shiite Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki of ...

Rice asks when iraq's Arab neighbors will 'take yes for an answer' about iraq security gains

A man claiming to be the leader of al-Qaeda in iraq vowed in an audiotape released Saturday to launch a month-long offensive against U.S. troops.

Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened a new uprising if an american-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues.

What drove so many Libyans to volunteer as suicide bombers for the war in iraq? A visit to their hometown-the dead-end city of Darnah.

Scores of Christians have been targeted and killed throughout iraq, most recently, an Iraqi priest killed earlier this month in Baghdad. This week, a new bipartisan coalition in Congress said it intends to spotlight this issue.

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to 'declare war' unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after al-Sadr agreed to surrender his headquarters in Basra, a spokesman for al-Sadr said.

A British journalist held hostage for more than two months has praised the Iraqi army's 'bravery' in rescuing him.