Sadr City

VIDEO - Iraq, Baghdad/Sadr City – After the failure of many security plans proposed by the Iraqi government and US military strategists, a recent plan, hand-in-hand with the so-called "Surge," was designed. It was a desperate attempt by the US and Iraqi military forces to control the Sunni-Shia militia. At the suggestion of military leaders, the Iraqi and US governments decided to build walls to separate neighborhoods and to control militias and insurgents from entering or exiting any... Read Full Story

Baghdad and Sadr City are exploding with violence and all across Iraq the chaos and mayhem continues and STILL the media in the United States prefers to write about the possibility that Hezbollah will be attacking Israel. Who the hell cares? We don't have a single soldier in Israel. Let them fight their own battles. Our 160,000 troops are in Iraq and 30,000 in Afghanistan and not ISRAEL. Just watch how the US media now turns all their attention to what is taking place in Lebanon and... Read Full Story

The following is the longest list of ONE DAY violence in Iraq we have EVER posted since starting this blog three months ago. How anyone in their right mind can say things are getting better in Iraq boggles the mind. NEW DEATHS AND INJURIES TO U.S. TROOPS REPORTED HERE: The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Pfc. Antione V. Robinson of injuries sustained when the vehicle he was repairing collapsed in Nawa, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 19th. No other... Read Full Story

U.S. occupation forces have killed more than 800 people, most of them innocent civilians, in their three-week long military campaign to subdue the Mahdi Army in Sadr City, the leader of Sadr movement in Baghdad said. By Laith Jawad http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2008-04-24\kurd.htm Sheikh Salaman al-fariji said the troops have also injured more than 1,800 people and caused large-scale destruction of private property and the city’s rickety infrastructure. Fariji made... Read Full Story

NEW: U.S. soldier killed in small-arms attack; U.S. death toll at 4,047 Fighting in Shiite neighborhood leaves main market in ruins, agency says Hospitals in area run out of anesthesia and dressing supplies Red Cross supplies 10,000 liters of drinking water daily to Sadr City http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.html BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood have destroyed the main market and isolated civilians from supplies of food... Read Full Story