Iraq War Headlines, March 19, 2003 to December 31, 2009, Q Madp, IraqWarHeroes.org - Website by Q Madp

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ANALYSIS: Iraq fighting a reality check 3/30/2008, 3:32 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi capital locked down by curfew. U.S. diplomats holed up their workplaces, fearing rocket attacks. Nearly every major southern city racked by turmoil. Hundreds killed in less than a week.

Al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets 3/30/2008, 3:10 p.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers.

Sweden closes doors to fleeing Iraqis 3/30/2008, 11:19 a.m. PDT
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden (AP) — The fear of being sent back to Baghdad has taken its toll on Mustafa Aziz Alwi.

Iraqi gov't lifts curfew after 4 days 3/30/2008, 11:17 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a citywide curfew aimed at stopping Shiite militia violence will be lifted on Monday morning.

al-Sadr pulls fighters off Iraq streets 3/30/2008, 9:23 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Sunday that he was pulling his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison.

Al-Sadr offers peace; Iraq welcomes move 3/30/2008, 7:05 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government has welcomed an order by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to pull his fighters off the streets.

Shiite leader al-Sadr defies Iraq gov't 3/30/2008, 4:31 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.

US: 14 bodies found in mass grave 3/30/2008, 2:33 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — American troops and Iraqis unearthed 14 significantly decomposed bodies in a mass grave northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.

'Standing up' Iraq army looks open-ended 3/30/2008, 1:45 a.m. PDT
(AP) — Iraq's new army is "developing steadily," with "strong Iraqi leaders out front," the chief U.S. trainer assured the American people. That was three-plus years ago, the U.S. Army general was David H. Petraeus, and some of those Iraqi officials at the time were busy embezzling more than $1 billion allotted for the new army's weapons, according to investigators.

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