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Tanks rumbled through Sadr City’s narrow alleys like unleashed lions in a crowded arena, each turret ready to strike at ...

BAGHDAD, June 29 (Reuters) - Iraq will spend $100 million to rebuild the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City and create jobs for many of its two million residents after years of violence and neglect, a ...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 29 -- American military police backed by Iraqi troops maintained their cordon of Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, manning barricades and checkpoints in and around the Shiite slum in an ...

Abbas seems friendly enough and laughs easily. As his car breezes through Iraqi army checkpoints at the entrance to Baghdad’s notorious and sprawling Sadr City slum, he talks about killing Sunnis. “We ...

BAGHDAD, May 20 -- Thousands of Iraqi soldiers entered the volatile Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting virtually no resistance from Shiite militiamen who in recent weeks have ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook BAGHDAD – Just past the main checkpoint into Sadr City, children kick soccer balls at goals with ...

Sadr City residents have come in droves to Baghdad’s protests, driven by anger at the Iraq government’s neglect and fueled by their long history of defiance. By Alissa J. Rubin At least 14 people have ...