Author: DXO
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Anxious Moments in Grip of an Outlaw Iraqi Militia
April 7, 2004 ORDEAL By JOHN F. BURNS UFA, Iraq, April 6 — If Moktada al-Sadr has chosen a grand mosque in this Euphrates River town for a last stand against American troops, as many of his militiamen have claimed in recent days, he appears to be relying more on the will of God than…
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MANHUNT: U.S. Seeks Arrest of Shiite Cleric
April 6, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS American tanks rolled yesterday into Sadr City, a slum in northeast Bagdhad. Eight American soldiers were killed in the district on Sunday in a coordinated Shiite militia uprising against the American-led occupation. BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 5 — American officials on Monday stepped up their confrontation with Moktada al-Sadr,…
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7 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq as a Shiite Militia Rises Up
April 5, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 4 — A coordinated Shiite militia uprising against the American-led occupation rippled across Iraq on Sunday, reaching into Baghdad and the sprawling Shiite slum of Sadr City on the capital’s outskirts and roiling the holy city of Najaf and at least two other cities in…
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AMBUSH: The Long Shadow of a Mob
April 4, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD — For any Westerner who knew Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the most perplexing aspect of the year since the Iraqi dictator was toppled has been comprehending how so many in this nation of 25 million moved from the impassioned moment of their liberation to a rapid and…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: U.S. Optimism Is Tested Again After Ambush Kills 4 in Iraq
April 1, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 31 — Hours after the deaths of the four American civilians who were dragged from their vehicle and mutilated in Falluja on Wednesday, an American general went before reporters in Baghdad with the air of measured assurance that has characterized every daily briefing on the…