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Operations against the Mahdi Army and the Special Groups continue despite Prime Minister Maliki's call for a halt in operations.

Clergy of Najaf to Mahdi Army: Go fight outside the Cityash-Sharq al-Awsat: The clerics of the Najaf seminaries have called upon the Army of the Mahdi to go ...

Clashes between Italian occupation troops and a Shia militia, the Mahdi Army, have erupted in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya.

Muqtada al Sadr denies any role in the fighting in Karbala which resulted in at least 50 killed and 300 wounded. Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army to stop all...

US and Iraqi forces killed 19 Mahdi fighters and captured nine during raids and clashes in Sadr City and wider Baghdad. Sadr's radio station is shut down.

The Mahdi Army has had 145 fighters killed, 81 wounded, 98 captured, and 30 surrendered throughout Iraq during the past 36 hours. Nasiriyah and Diwaniyah...

Ten Mahdi Army fighters were killed and one wounded during "operations against special groups in eastern Baghdad." Iraqi troops seize 59 explosively formed...

Although it has been formally disbanded by the Sadr movement's leader, militia that once battled against the US enjoys popular support.

Sixteen Mahdi Army fighters killed, five captured during a series of raids and clashes. The US military admits the Mahdi Army and the Special Groups are often...