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[Aswat Al Iraq] Shiite cleric loyalists resume Friday prayers in Basra: The Mahdi Army, the armed wing of Sadr’s movement, clashed with Iraqi security forces in Basra after PM Nouri al-Maliki announced a crackdown dubbed as Saulat al-Fursan(Knights’ Assault) late March which extended to major southern provinces and held on along in April and May in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City in Baghdad, until a truce was signed on May 10.

 [turkishweekly.net Latest News (20)] Shi'ite Cleric Urges Iraqi Govt to Reject US Troop Deal: U.S. and Iraqi officials have been negotiating an agreement that would govern the presence of U.S. troops in the country once the United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year.

[Iraq - All] ROUNDUP: Iraqi shiite cleric urges government to reject US pact: DPA POLITICS Iraq Conflicts ROUNDUP: Iraqi shiite cleric urges government to reject US pact Baghdad Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hasurged the Iraqi government not to sign a deal that would allow the UStroops to remain in .

 [Iraq Updates - International Relations] Shiite cleric meets Syrian president (Voices of Iraq): "Ammar, the son of Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the SIIC and the (Shiite) Unified Iraqi Coalition, met al-Assad and discussed with him security and political developments in Iraq and means to foster bilateral ties for the good of the two people," said a statement released from the SIIC and received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

 [Doctor Bulldog & Ronin] Al-sadr offers to sell out his followers.: Declaring that resistance to an occupier “is a legitimate right by human reason and in Islamic and human law,” he called on Shiite clerics to “issue their fatwas against signing any agreement between the government and the occupier, even if it is for friendship or any other purpose.”

[Open Source Intelligence] [osint] Suicide car bomb kills three Iraqi policemen: The US military says a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq and a truce by anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have played large roles in quelling violence, along with the troop buildup and improvements in training .

 [Worthy News] 'Martyrs List' Conveys Pressures Facing Shiite Cleric Al-Sadr in ...: Loyalists within Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia network call it the "martyrs list," and it's long and growing: At least three dozen senior members killed in slayings or fighting since last summer and nearly 60 others detained.

 [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] US Monthly Toll In Iraq At All Time Lowest Level: Radical anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement on Thursday that he objected to a deal with the “occupier,” and urged Iraqis to stand up against the pact.

[Barrett's Blog] US toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends: An Associated Press tally shows that at least 510 Iraqi civilians and security force members were killed in July, a 75 percent drop from the 2,021 deaths in the same period last year as the U.S. troop buildup aimed at quelling rampant Sunni-Shiite violence was nearing its peak.

 [Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop (Adnkronos): Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags and a banner of hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest on July 18, 2008. Sadr called on the government on Thursday not to sign an accord being negotiated with Washington that will .

 [Global News Blog] Iran’s theological heartland: why are some clerics nervous?: The closest equivalent to the Vatican for most of the world’s Shi’ites is not Qom but Najaf. That Iraqi city and nearby Kerbala are home to some of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines.

[THE LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE/Joe Sheridan's Radio Weblog] THE MCCAIN’S LIES ABOUT OBAMA WILL BITE HIM IN THE DIERRIER IN THE ...: McCain does not fully comprehend the intent of the Mahdi Shia militia under the command of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr who called for his troops to retreat just prior to the arrival of the 30,000 or more

[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News, July 31, 2008: The alleged upside of the deal for developing countries - increased access to rich country markets - would have been of tiny benefit, even according to the World Bank. The New Delhi-based Research and Information System for Developing Countries points out that Bank analyses showed a successful conclusion of the Doha Round would, by 2015, increase developing country income in total by $16 billion a year - less than a penny a day for every person in the developing world.

 [Dans Blog] Iranian Clerics Tell the President to Leave the Theology to Them: The tensions surround Imam Mahdi, the 12th imam in a direct bloodline from the Prophet Muhammad, who the Shiite faithful believe will one day emerge from 1,000 years in hiding to save mankind and bring justice to the world. Tens of thousands of pilgrims go each year to the Jamkaran mosque near Qum, about 75 miles south of Tehran, where they believe that the imam will appear.

[Weasel Zippers] Iraq: Mahdi Army's "Martyrs List" Details Sadr's Rapid Decline.....: Shiite rivals are waging gangland-style hits with diminishing fear of reprisals. Iraqi-led forces, meanwhile, are pressing their advantage against al-Sadr's weakened network ”” militia cells, quasi-civic groups and street-level operatives who have all crafted reputations as the champions of the Shiite poor.

 [Rosemary's News and Ideas] Pentagon: Surge a success by any measure: The “Anbar Awakening” that allied formerly insurgent Sunni Muslims with the coalition and influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s cease-fire were other factors, he said, but he noted they didn’t happen independently of other events.

[The Hanscom Family Weblog] Air Power to Have Larger Role in Iraq: And in Iraq, during the offensive this spring to pacify Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, there were reports of civilian casualties during the effort to rout militias loyal to the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr.

 [Dans Blog] Measurements to frame the progress in Iraq...: Although Sunni and Shiite extremists are still around, they have surrendered the initiative and have lost the support of many ordinary Iraqis. That can be traced to an altered U.S. approach to countering the insurgency — a Petraeus-driven move to take more U.S. troops off their big bases and put them in Baghdad neighborhoods where they mixed with ordinary Iraqis and built a new level of trust.

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