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U.S. Troops Engage in Fire Fight in Sadr City
U.S. Troops Engage in Fire Fight in Sadr City
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Inside Sadr City - Iraq
Inside Sadr City - IraqInside Sadr City - Iraq
May 2003 Sadr City in Northern Baghdad is now governed by Shi'ite clerics. It has become a virtual 'no-go' area for US troops. In the back room of a Mosque i...
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War Footage: US Special Forces in Sadr City, Iraq
War Footage: US Special Forces in Sadr City, IraqWar Footage: US Special Forces in Sadr City, Iraq
Night time war footage of US Special forces fighting in Sadr, Iraq.
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26_5_2011 Mahdi Army in Sadr City IRAQ.flv
26_5_2011 Mahdi Army in Sadr City IRAQ.flv26_5_2011 Mahdi Army in Sadr City IRAQ.flv
Review Tens of thousands of the Mahdi Army in Iraq Without arms on the occasion of the birth of Fatima Zahra 05/26/2011.
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U.S. and Iraqi Troops Take Fire in Sadr City
U.S. and Iraqi Troops Take Fire in Sadr CityU.S. and Iraqi Troops Take Fire in Sadr City
Footage of a joint cordon and search operation between U.S. and Iraqi forces for criminal members responsible for attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces. Shot...
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Second Siege of Sadr City by U.S. Army - 2008
Second Siege of Sadr City by U.S. Army - 2008Second Siege of Sadr City by U.S. Army - 2008
On April 6, 2008, the Iraqi National Security Council released a statement calling on all political parties to disband their militias if they want to partici...
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2009 April, Sadr City, Dis-mounted IED Close call
2009 April, Sadr City, Dis-mounted IED Close call2009 April, Sadr City, Dis-mounted IED Close call
Just finished training Iraqis firefighters how to use there equipment and a small first aid course. We were on our way back to our post. You can see the whit...
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Security Over Watch in Sadr City
Security Over Watch in Sadr CitySecurity Over Watch in Sadr City
U.S. Army Soldiers work with the Iraqi Army to bring security back to the district of Sadr City from criminals. Produced by Spc. Christopher.
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JSS Sadr City Rocket Attack
JSS Sadr City Rocket AttackJSS Sadr City Rocket Attack
for those who hadn't seen it.
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TEAM STEEL IN SADR CITY FINAL
TEAM STEEL IN SADR CITY FINALTEAM STEEL IN SADR CITY FINAL
Cco 1-68 in sadr city.
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Fiction Plane - Sadr City Blues
Fiction Plane - Sadr City BluesFiction Plane - Sadr City Blues
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Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army parades in Baghdad's Sadr City: 'Victory Festival' after US withdrawal
Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army parades in Baghdad's Sadr City: 'Victory Festival' after US withdrawalMuqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army parades in Baghdad's Sadr City: 'Victory Festival' after US withdrawal
The Mahdi Army, a militia formed in 2003 by Muqtada al-Sadr, went on parade in celebration of the withdrawal of US troops. In the "Sadr City" district of Bag...
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3:33We love Sadr City
We love Sadr CityWe love Sadr City
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10:35the battle of al sadr city
the battle of al sadr citythe battle of al sadr city
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U.S. Troops Engage in Fire Fight in Sadr City
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- Duration: 5:20
- Updated: 25 Jul 2013
Footage of Iraqi and U.S. Army Soldiers in Tharwa 1 in Sadr City engaging special groups in a fire fight. Courtesy 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divi...
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Footage of Iraqi and U.S. Army Soldiers in Tharwa 1 in Sadr City engaging special groups in a fire fight. Courtesy 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divi...
- published: 23 May 2012
- views: 7400
- author: MilitaryFrontline
Inside Sadr City - Iraq
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- Duration: 21:09
- Updated: 22 Jul 2013
May 2003 Sadr City in Northern Baghdad is now governed by Shi'ite clerics. It has become a virtual 'no-go' area for US troops. In the back room of a Mosque i...
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May 2003 Sadr City in Northern Baghdad is now governed by Shi'ite clerics. It has become a virtual 'no-go' area for US troops. In the back room of a Mosque i...
- published: 21 Aug 2007
- views: 11879
- author: Journeyman Pictures
War Footage: US Special Forces in Sadr City, Iraq
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- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Night time war footage of US Special forces fighting in Sadr, Iraq.
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Night time war footage of US Special forces fighting in Sadr, Iraq.
- published: 01 Sep 2009
- views: 6243
- author: tomcuvagrad
26_5_2011 Mahdi Army in Sadr City IRAQ.flv
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- Duration: 5:35
- Updated: 08 Aug 2013
Review Tens of thousands of the Mahdi Army in Iraq Without arms on the occasion of the birth of Fatima Zahra 05/26/2011.
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Review Tens of thousands of the Mahdi Army in Iraq Without arms on the occasion of the birth of Fatima Zahra 05/26/2011.
- published: 28 May 2011
- views: 15477
- author: Iraq Iran
U.S. and Iraqi Troops Take Fire in Sadr City
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- Duration: 7:43
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
Footage of a joint cordon and search operation between U.S. and Iraqi forces for criminal members responsible for attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces. Shot...
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Footage of a joint cordon and search operation between U.S. and Iraqi forces for criminal members responsible for attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces. Shot...
- published: 09 May 2008
- views: 447500
- author: dvidshub
Second Siege of Sadr City by U.S. Army - 2008
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 17 Aug 2013
On April 6, 2008, the Iraqi National Security Council released a statement calling on all political parties to disband their militias if they want to partici...
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On April 6, 2008, the Iraqi National Security Council released a statement calling on all political parties to disband their militias if they want to partici...
- published: 03 Nov 2010
- views: 11222
- author: bk5223
2009 April, Sadr City, Dis-mounted IED Close call
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 16 Feb 2013
Just finished training Iraqis firefighters how to use there equipment and a small first aid course. We were on our way back to our post. You can see the whit...
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Just finished training Iraqis firefighters how to use there equipment and a small first aid course. We were on our way back to our post. You can see the whit...
- published: 12 Nov 2012
- views: 4570
- author: John Curtis
Security Over Watch in Sadr City
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
U.S. Army Soldiers work with the Iraqi Army to bring security back to the district of Sadr City from criminals. Produced by Spc. Christopher.
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U.S. Army Soldiers work with the Iraqi Army to bring security back to the district of Sadr City from criminals. Produced by Spc. Christopher.
- published: 22 Apr 2008
- views: 10945
- author: SOFMagazine
JSS Sadr City Rocket Attack
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- Duration: 1:35
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
for those who hadn't seen it.
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TEAM STEEL IN SADR CITY FINAL
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- Duration: 6:31
- Updated: 25 Jul 2013
Cco 1-68 in sadr city.
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Fiction Plane - Sadr City Blues
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:10
- Updated: 27 Mar 2013
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Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army parades in Baghdad's Sadr City: 'Victory Festival' after US withdrawal
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
The Mahdi Army, a militia formed in 2003 by Muqtada al-Sadr, went on parade in celebration of the withdrawal of US troops. In the "Sadr City" district of Bag...
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The Mahdi Army, a militia formed in 2003 by Muqtada al-Sadr, went on parade in celebration of the withdrawal of US troops. In the "Sadr City" district of Bag...
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 7093
- author: JewishNewsOne
We love Sadr City
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- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
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ied vbied combat engineers sapper explosion combat efp iraq afghanistan route clearance.
- published: 12 Nov 2009
- views: 1976
- author: st6psycho
the battle of al sadr city
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- Duration: 10:35
- Updated: 01 Jun 2013
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Fear breeds poverty in Iraq's Sadr City - 10 Feb 08
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
The statistics on violence and security in Iraq have improved slightly over the last year, but basic living standards are still sliding daily. The worst hit ...
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The statistics on violence and security in Iraq have improved slightly over the last year, but basic living standards are still sliding daily. The worst hit ...
- published: 10 Feb 2008
- views: 10976
- author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Hundreds killed by US strikes in Sadr City
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080501YT Pepe Escobar: New strategy to fight resistance--Wall-in a section of the city and bomb it.
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More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080501YT Pepe Escobar: New strategy to fight resistance--Wall-in a section of the city and bomb it.
- published: 02 May 2008
- views: 2705
- author: TheRealNews
Jostes & Sheehan RIP April 4 2004 Sadr City, Iraq camp war eagle (The Long Road Home)
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- Duration: 7:51
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
RIP Forrest Jostes n Casey Sheehan April 4 2004 in Sadr City Iraq. Video was done by Spc Salas. Dedicated to all the soldiers from Charlie Battery 1/82 FA 1s...
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RIP Forrest Jostes n Casey Sheehan April 4 2004 in Sadr City Iraq. Video was done by Spc Salas. Dedicated to all the soldiers from Charlie Battery 1/82 FA 1s...
- published: 04 Aug 2009
- views: 3474
- author: elpelon187
Army - Combat in Sadr City
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- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Coalition forces including the Iraq Army and the US Army 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division engaged in combat in Sadr City. Battle scenes include...
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Coalition forces including the Iraq Army and the US Army 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division engaged in combat in Sadr City. Battle scenes include...
- published: 26 Apr 2008
- views: 29438
- author: MyEarbot
Destroying rocket launchers near Sadr City
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- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Coalition attack helicopter takes out rocket launchers southeast of Sadr City, Baghdad, June 2, 2007.
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Coalition attack helicopter takes out rocket launchers southeast of Sadr City, Baghdad, June 2, 2007.
- published: 07 Jun 2007
- views: 54389
- author: MNFIRAQ
Sadr City, Bagdad, Iraq, August 2008
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- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
A Friday prayer in Sadr City, Baghdad. Sadrists sign in blood to pledge loyalty to a Shiite saint, after a call by the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr.
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A Friday prayer in Sadr City, Baghdad. Sadrists sign in blood to pledge loyalty to a Shiite saint, after a call by the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr.
- published: 25 Aug 2008
- views: 3500
- author: Marko Georgiev
Fiction Plane Sound Check Paradiso Amsterdam Sadr City Blues
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- Duration: 5:39
- Updated: 01 Apr 2013
Fiction Plane Sound Check Paradiso Amsterdam Sadr City Blues.
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Fiction Plane Sound Check Paradiso Amsterdam Sadr City Blues.
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 2393
- author: fictionplanefanclub
18 Jul 08 Sadr City Rescue Apache
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 31 Oct 2012
My company in Sadr City, Iraq rescuing Iraqi police from a burning building.
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My company in Sadr City, Iraq rescuing Iraqi police from a burning building.
- published: 31 Oct 2012
- views: 186
- author: 8ch6d
Sadr City, Iraq
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- Duration: 7:07
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Sadr City is a small neighborhood in Baghdad that holds over half the city's population. It was the center of Shi'a resistance to Saddam's regime, the Northe...
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Sadr City is a small neighborhood in Baghdad that holds over half the city's population. It was the center of Shi'a resistance to Saddam's regime, the Northe...
- published: 20 Jan 2007
- views: 25670
- author: bignoisetactical
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27 Feb 2014
Activists told Al Jazeera the fighters were killed while trying to cross from the eastern side of Damascus to Adra, north of the city, using "a risky road" because of an ongoing government siege ... A second round of the UN-led talks in the Swiss city dubbed Geneva II, broke down in acrimony on February 15, only weeks after the rival parties sat down ......(size: 5.2Kb)
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26 Feb 2014
WASHINGTON. US President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact ... The Obama administration said its preferred option is to leave behind a residual US force when its combat teams depart Afghanistan after America's longest war at the end of this year ... black flags of al-Qaida flying over the city of Fallujah.". ....(size: 4.8Kb)
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25 Feb 2014
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Just like reformers before me, I thought that we had a system that could be improved. Instead, I learned that we had a system that needed to be replaced." -Mikhail Gorbachev. Ukrainian ballots have blood on them. Three months of deadly protests and pitched battles have wounded and killed hundreds of citizens. Meanwhile, Ukraine's parliament voted to remove President Viktor Yanukovich ... 394....(size: 4.9Kb)
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26 Feb 2014
Suspected Islamic extremists killed more than 30 students Tuesday in northern Nigeria in an attack the president calls "heinous, brutal and mindless." ... The witnesses say when the students tried to escape, the attackers forced them back inside the burning buildings ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)
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27 Feb 2014
In Kiev, leaders of the popular protests that toppled Yanukovich named former economy minister Arseny Yatseniuk as their choice to head a new interim government. Ukrainian protest leaders on Wednesday named ministers they want to form a new government following the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich, as Russia put troops on high alert in a show of strength ... Unpopular decisions ... Russian concern ... War games ... Currency dive ... ....(size: 7.9Kb)
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Chicago Sun-Times
28 Feb 2014
The motorcycle market blast struck Baghdad’s sprawling eastern Sadr City district as night fell, killing at least 22 people and wounding 45, officials said ... In Sadr City, officials said a bomb attached to a minibus exploded, killing five civilians and wounding 14 ... Both Sadr City and Shaab are predominantly Shiite....(size: 2.0Kb)
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Deccan Chronicle
28 Feb 2014
Baghdad ... In the deadliest attack on Friday, an explosives-rigged motorcycle ripped through an area of motorcycle shops in the Shiite-majority Sadr City district of Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and wounding 40, the interior ministry said. Also a car bomb in Sadr City killed at least one person and wounded five, officials said. Sunni extremists frequently target members of Iraq's Shiite majority, who they consider apostates ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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Antiwar
28 Feb 2014
At least 87 people were killed and 122 more were wounded as bombs once again took a heavy toll in and around Baghdad ... Four gunmen were killed near the city; at least one more was wounded ... In Sadr City, a bomb at a used motorcycle market killed 32 people and wounded 56 more ... Three militants were killed near the city....(size: 1.7Kb)
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Xinhua
28 Feb 2014
In the Shiite area of Sadr City in east Baghdad, a booby- trapped motorcycle exploded at a popular market, killing at least 32 people and injuring 56 others. At the Muthafar Square of the same city, an improvised explosive device struck a minibus, killing five civilians and wounding two others ... He was kidnapped earlier near his house in the city of Maqdadiyah, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad....(size: 2.6Kb)
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The Siasat Daily
28 Feb 2014
At least 47 people were killed and over 70 wounded Thursday in separate attacks witnessed in different parts of Iraq, including three deadly bombings in capital city of Baghdad, police said. In the worst incident in Baghdad's Sadr City, a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded at a popular market, leaving at least 32 people dead and 56 injured....(size: 3.1Kb)
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The Siasat Daily
28 Feb 2014
At least 47 people were killed and over 70 wounded Thursday in separate attacks witnessed in different parts of Iraq, including three deadly bombings in capital city of Baghdad, police said. In the worst incident in Baghdad's Sadr City, a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded at a popular market, leaving at least 32 people dead and 56 injured....(size: 3.2Kb)
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The Himalayan
28 Feb 2014
. Added At. 2014-02-28 8.39 AM. Last Updated At ... Close. Reuters. Masked Sunni Muslims gunmen take position with their weapons during their patrol in the city of Falluja, 70 km (43 miles) west of Baghdad, February 26, 2014 ... At least 52 people were killed Wednesday as a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated in Baghdad's Sadr City and militants targeted mostly Shi'ite neighbourhoods around the country....(size: 3.8Kb)
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Independent online (SA)
28 Feb 2014
Baghdad - At least 52 people were killed on Thursday as a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated in Baghdad's Sadr City and militants targeted mostly Shi’a neighbourhoods around the country ... Blood covered the ground, storefront windows were shattered and shoes and motorcycle parts were strewn around the market, according to a Reuters correspondent at the scene ... No reason was given for the killings. - Reuters. ....(size: 3.2Kb)
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28 Feb 2014
Friday, 28 February 2014, 4.29 pm. Article. ... by Zayd Alisa. February 28, 2014. Iraq, more than two years after the U.S ... But, as Maliki withdrew the army, AQI scrambled to seize the two cities ... 2013 ... Four, despite Sunni claims that Article 4 of the terrorism law has unfairly been targeting them, it was, however, the Shia cities of Basra, Amarah, and Sadr city which, experienced in 2008, the strictest implementation of anti-terror laws ... ENDS ... ....(size: 10.4Kb)
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27 Feb 2014
Seventeen people were killed in one blast at a second-hand motorbike market in the eastern Sadr City district, they said ... Also in Sadr City, officials said five were killed and 14 injured when a bomb attached to a minibus exploded, ... Sadr City is a predominantly Shiite Muslim district....(size: 1.8Kb)
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Yahoo Daily News
27 Feb 2014
The motorcycle market blast struck Baghdad's sprawling eastern Sadr City district as night fell, killing at least 17 people and wounding 38, officials said ... In Sadr City, officials said a bomb attached to a minibus exploded, killing five civilians and wounding 14 ... Sadr City is predominantly Shiite ... An al-Qaida offshoot and other insurgent groups have taken control of the city of Fallujah and parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi....(size: 2.1Kb)
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Seattle Post
27 Feb 2014
The motorcycle market blast struck Baghdad's sprawling eastern Sadr City district as night fell, killing at least 17 people and wounding 38, officials said ... In Sadr City, officials said a bomb attached to a minibus exploded, killing five civilians and wounding 14 ... Sadr City is predominantly Shiite ... An al-Qaida offshoot and other insurgent groups have taken control of the city of Fallujah and parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
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Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر - Madinat aṣ-Ṣadr) is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after deceased Shia leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.
Sadr City (or more accurately Thawra District — Arabic: حيّ الثورة - ħayy ath-Thawra) is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. A public housing project neglected by Saddam Hussein, Sadr City holds more than 3 millions Shiite residents.
Sadr City was built in Iraq in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim in response to grave housing shortages in Baghdad. At the time named Revolution City (مدينة ألثورة "Al-Thawra"), it provided housing for Baghdad's urban poor, many of whom had come from the countryside and who had until then lived in appalling conditions. It quickly became a stronghold of the Iraqi Communist Party, and resistance to the Baathist-led coup of 1963 was strong there.
In 1982, following the Saddam Hussein coup, the district was renamed Saddam City, in honor of Saddam Hussein, the Baath Party leader. After the foreign occupation of Baghdad in April 2003, the district was unofficially renamed Sadr City after deceased shiite leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.
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