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[News and stories] Shi’ite-Sunni clashes intensify in northwest Pakistan (Reuters): Reuters - Sectarian violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims intensified in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Friday, with at least 22 people reportedly killed in gunbattles, a senior official said.

 [Mazaqah] Iraq assembly holds emergency session amid curfew: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers will hold an emergency session on Friday in an attempt to end violence in the oil city of Basra after an army crackdown on Shi’ite militia sparked fighting across the south and mass protests in Baghdad.

[Actual News] US forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown: A Reuters reporter in Nassiriya, capital of Dhi Qar province, said he could see groups of fighters with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The sound of sporadic gunfire echoed through the streets.

[News and stories] US forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown (Reuters): Demonstrators hold a picture of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as they chant Reuters - US forces were drawn deeper into Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shi'ite militants on Friday, launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and .

 [faithworld] Rare look at Sunni-Shi’ite tensions in Nigeria: Sunni-Shi’ite tensions are regularly in the news, but usually from a small number of countries in or around the Middle East. Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan are probably the most frequently mentioned. It’s much rarer to hear how Islam’s two ...

[Ablogination] Shiites Ends Truce, All Hell Breaks Loose: Columns of black smoke rose above Basra and explosions and machinegun fire could be heard. Reuters Television pictures showed masked gunmen firing mortars in the street, while others drove around in captured Iraqi army and police vehicles.

[EMM Clusters: Clustered news stories - English] Millions defy bombs to attend Iraqi Shi'ite ritual (Reuters): Reuters - Iraqi officials said on Thursday they had defused three car bombs aimed at some of the 7 million pilgrims visiting Kerbala for one of Shi'ite Islam's most important rituals.

 [Global News Blog] Iraq - Three die in clashes with Iraq police (Hastings Gazette): by Staff Writers Baghdad (AFP) March 19, 2008 The US-led war ended the brutal rule of torture and tyranny under Saddam Hussein, even if Iraq today faces the perils of terrorism and corruption, President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday, the eve of the conflict’s fifth anniversary.

[Hourly Updated Hot News Blog] Iraqi Shi’ite leader wants US-backed units curbed (Reuters): Shi'ite cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council Reuters - Iraq’s powerful Shi’ite Muslim leader, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, called on Friday for curbs on US-backed neighborhood patrol units, which are mainly Sunni, .

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