Read more Sadr City stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/577/sadr-city.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScores of people are dead after seven coordinated bombings rocked Baghdad this morning, targeting both government ministries and poor Shia neighborhoods, the New York Times reports. Two huge bombs and three smaller blasts, probably from mortars, went off at the entrance to the fortified Green Zone, while other explosions hit...http://www.newser.com/story/67249/7-bombs-batter-baghdad-95-dead-500-wounded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:54:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63946/iraq-bombers-kill-41.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo suicide bombers killed at least 34 people and injured 70 in an attack on the home of an anti-terrorism officer in northern Iraq today, while three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven others, authorities said. The attacks continue a surge of violence in Iraq's troubled north following the withdrawal...http://www.newser.com/story/63946/iraq-bombers-kill-41.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 6:50:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63491/iraq-protesters-burn-us-flag-during-biden-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVice President Joe Biden’s visit to promote reconciliation among Iraqis was met today with protests by supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Reuters reports. Demonstrators burned American flags and shouted anti-US slogans. Biden plans to meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani to assess plans to heal the fractious...http://www.newser.com/story/63491/iraq-protesters-burn-us-flag-during-biden-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62731/52-dead-in-baghdad-blast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn explosion ripped through a market in Baghdad’s Sadr City today killing 52 and injuring 104, Reuters reports. Though Iraq has seen markedly less violence in the past year, today’s bombing is part of a wave of attacks ahead of the US military’s scheduled withdrawal from Iraqi cities next week....http://www.newser.com/story/62731/52-dead-in-baghdad-blast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 13:38:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55625/ashamed-families-behind-killings-of-gay-iraqis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs security improves in Iraq, gay residents have embraced a new sense of freedom—and as a result, some 25 males thought to be homosexual have been murdered in Baghdad’s Sadr City in the past two months, the New York Times reports. The victims are usually found shot, sometimes with...http://www.newser.com/story/55625/ashamed-families-behind-killings-of-gay-iraqis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 9:35:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55418/6-car-bombs-kill-34-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix car bombs exploded across Baghdad today, killing at least 34 and injuring scores more, Reuters reports. Four early blasts occurred within two hours, with the last two hitting within just minutes of each other. One of those, an attack on Sadr City, wounded 65 and killed at least 10,...http://www.newser.com/story/55418/6-car-bombs-kill-34-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 7:03:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55321/6-iraqi-gays-slain-amid-religious-clampdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi authorities have recovered the bodies of six gay men slain since sermons condemned homosexuality at prayer meetings in Sadr City, Reuters reports. "They were sexual deviants," said a Sadr City official. "Their tribes killed them to restore their family honor." Homosexuality is more common in the city since government...http://www.newser.com/story/55321/6-iraqi-gays-slain-amid-religious-clampdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 18:57:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43627/sewage-soaks-baghdad-slum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResidents of the Sadr City slum of Baghdad have come to accept raw sewage, bubbling to the surface from broken pipes, as a part of daily life, Bloomberg reports. And Sadr City is hardly an oddity—despite 6 years and billions of American dollars, much of Iraq still lacks reliable...http://www.newser.com/story/43627/sewage-soaks-baghdad-slum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33455/militia-power-wanes-as-iraqi-government-gains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sway of a key Iraqi militia has declined significantly and it's losing control of its Baghdad strongholds to the government, the New York Times reports. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army once controlled politics and police in areas throughout the city, but supporters became disenchanted by its violence and...http://www.newser.com/story/33455/militia-power-wanes-as-iraqi-government-gains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Jul 2008 5:38:34 CDT