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Jul 20, 2021 · The city where the explosion took place is named after Shiite cleric Mohammed Al Sadr. His son, Moqtada Al Sadr, a populist cleric with millions of followers, is a vital player in the country’s politics. He has protested against the US and Iran meddling in Iraq’s internal affairs.
Jul 20, 2021 · BAGHDAD, July 19 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha ...
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800 to 1,000 killed. The siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent Mahdi Army in Baghdad. The siege began on 4 April 2004 – later dubbed " Black Sunday " [4] – with an uprising against the ...
- April 4, 2004 – May 11, 2008, (4 years, 1 month and 1 week)
- Ceasefire agreement signed, Iraqi government forces allowed to enter and patrol Sadr City, End of the Iraqi Civil War
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Oct 21, 2007 · The Sadr City attacks, the U.S. military said, killed "an estimated 49 criminals" in three linked attacks during an intelligence-driven raid to capture the rogue Shiite kidnapper who was partially ...
Aug 8, 2022 · Following their shock victory in the 2021 elections, the Sadrists claimed they were poised to push Iraq towards a new type of politics. But after nine months of failing to form a government, their leader, populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has seemingly given up and withdrawn from the government formation process.
Sadr City ( Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized : Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr ), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( Arabic: الثورة, romanized : aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( Arabic: مدينة صدام, romanized : Madīnat Ṣaddām ), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim ...
Jul 20, 2021 · A suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and ...
