en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/conflicts/shia/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/hezbollah_takes_over_west_beirut/ Gunmen from the Shia militant group Hezbollah have seized most of western Beirut, driving out supporters of the Western-backed government. The gunmen, who also back Hezbollah's Shia opposition allies, have forced the closure of pro-government media. news conflicts 2008-05-09 08:26:41 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/hezbollah_takes_over_west_beirut/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7391600.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/hezbollah_takes_over_west_beirut/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/roadside_bomb_kills_iraq_governo/ The Shia governor of Iraq's southern Muthana province has been killed by a roadside bomb, officials have said. The governor, Mohammed Ali al-Hasani, was killed when the bomb exploded next to his convoy as it drove through the provincial capital, Samawa news conflicts 2007-08-20 08:21:03 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/roadside_bomb_kills_iraq_governo/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6954467.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/roadside_bomb_kills_iraq_governo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_cleric_in_cabinet_walkout/ Officials close to radical Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, have said he will withdraw his Cabinet ministers from the government coalition on Monday. Moqtada Sadr's political bloc has six ministers in Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's government. The la news conflicts 2007-04-15 21:23:54 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_cleric_in_cabinet_walkout/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6558405.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_cleric_in_cabinet_walkout/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/huge_turnout_for_anti-us_rally/ Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of two Shia holy cities in Iraq today and protested against "US occupiers". The rally was called by Mr Sadr, who said in a statement yesterday that his m news conflicts 2007-04-09 13:25:11 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/huge_turnout_for_anti-us_rally/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2053175,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Important [17] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/huge_turnout_for_anti-us_rally/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/top_us_general_doubts_iran_proof/ The most senior US military officer has said there is no proof the Iranian government has directly armed Shia groups fighting in Iraq. Gen Peter Pace, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, appeared to contradict claims made by US officers in Iraq. news conflicts 2007-02-14 09:45:57 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/top_us_general_doubts_iran_proof/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6360469.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [13] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/top_us_general_doubts_iran_proof/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/saudis_and_iran_prepare_to_do_ba/ The gulf's two military powers, Sunni-Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, are lining up behind their warring religious brethren in Iraq in a potentially explosive showdown, as expectations grow in both countries that America is preparing a pull-out of its news conflicts 2006-12-04 08:17:23 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/saudis_and_iran_prepare_to_do_ba/ Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/03/wirq03.xml&site=5&page=0 http://www.newsique.com/sources/telegraph/ 91 Important [21] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/saudis_and_iran_prepare_to_do_ba/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_releases_nine_iranians_in1/ The US military in Iraq has released nine of the 20 Iranian citizens it has detained there, including two held on suspicion of helping Shia militants. The release followed a review of their cases which concluded that the men no longer posed a security news conflicts 2007-11-09 16:48:29 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_releases_nine_iranians_in1/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7086402.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_releases_nine_iranians_in1/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/security_tight_for_iraq_pilgrims/ A huge security operation is under way in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, ahead of a pilgrimage that is expected to draw more than a million Shia faithful. Nearly 2,000 police and security agents are guarding the Kadhimiya mosque in northern Baghdad, and all news conflicts 2007-08-09 08:21:20 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/security_tight_for_iraq_pilgrims/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6938068.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/security_tight_for_iraq_pilgrims/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_kills_key_iraq_shrine_bomber/ US troops in Iraq say they have killed an al-Qaeda leader who masterminded the attacks on a Shia shrine that led to a major escalation in sectarian violence. Officials say Haitham al-Badri was behind the 2006 and 2007 attacks on the al-Askari shrine in news conflicts 2007-08-05 09:19:43 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_kills_key_iraq_shrine_bomber/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6931862.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_kills_key_iraq_shrine_bomber/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/baghdad_truck_bomb_kills_dozens/ At least 78 people have been killed and another 218 injured in a truck bomb attack near a Shia mosque in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The massive explosion in the busy Sinak commercial district destroyed part of the al-Khilani mosque and s news conflicts 2007-06-19 16:28:42 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/baghdad_truck_bomb_kills_dozens/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6767427.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/baghdad_truck_bomb_kills_dozens/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/blast_hits_key_iraq_shia_shrine/ The two minarets of the al-Askari shrine in Iraq, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, have been destroyed by two explosions. According to witnesses the minarets collapsed completely after being hit by bomb blasts around 0900 (0500 GMT). The shri news conflicts 2007-06-13 08:24:15 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/blast_hits_key_iraq_shia_shrine/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6747419.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/blast_hits_key_iraq_shia_shrine/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/an_interview_with_shia_firebrand/ Shia leader and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the man Washington blames for its failure to gain control in Iraq, gives his perspective on the US involvement in Iraq: "The Americans are occupiers and thieves, and they must set a timetable to leave this country." opinion conflicts 2007-06-11 15:45:09 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/an_interview_with_shia_firebrand/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/53363/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/an_interview_with_shia_firebrand/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/sadr_aide_denies_baghdad_kidnap/ A top aide of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has said the Mehdi Army was not involved in the kidnapping of five Britons in Baghdad on Tuesday. Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari had said he believed the Shia militia group were behind the abduction news conflicts 2007-05-30 23:05:02 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/sadr_aide_denies_baghdad_kidnap/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6705267.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/sadr_aide_denies_baghdad_kidnap/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/militia_suspected_of_iraq_kidnap/ A Shia militia group is thought to be behind the kidnapping of five Britons in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that the Mehdi Army, rather than al-Qaeda, could be responsible. The Anglican vicar of Baghdad, Cano news conflicts 2007-05-30 08:30:15 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/militia_suspected_of_iraq_kidnap/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6703055.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/militia_suspected_of_iraq_kidnap/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraqi_shia_radical_vows_to_work_/ Moqtada Sadr, the radical Shia cleric, has backed a peace plan with Sunni factions in a bid to calm Iraq's sectarian violence. Mr Sadr, who appeared in Iraq for the first time in months at Friday prayers, said his followers would co-operate with Sunnis news conflicts 2007-05-26 01:47:01 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraqi_shia_radical_vows_to_work_/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6694053.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraqi_shia_radical_vows_to_work_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/exclusive_secret_us_plot_to_kill/ The US Army tried to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr, the widely revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according to a senior Iraqi government official. The revelation o news conflicts 2007-05-21 23:37:24 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/exclusive_secret_us_plot_to_kill/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2565123.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/exclusive_secret_us_plot_to_kill/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/lebanese_killed_in_attack_buried/ Their killings were believed to be a revenge attack for the slaying of a Shia Muslim activist in January clashes between supporters of the government, which has Sunni backing, and the opposition, which includes Lebanon's main Shia groups. Rival leaders news conflicts 2007-04-27 12:44:38 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/lebanese_killed_in_attack_buried/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FBBF6299-247D-40ED-95BF-4AC9B41EEA16.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/lebanese_killed_in_attack_buried/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_should_talk_to_militants/ The vice-president of Iraq, Tareq al-Hashemi, has called for talks to be opened with the country's insurgents in an attempt to bring peace. "I do believe that there is no way but to talk to everybody" with the exception of al-Qaeda, he said. He told news conflicts 2007-03-21 00:37:49 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_should_talk_to_militants/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6473575.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/iraq_should_talk_to_militants/#comments