Iranians Join Sadr Cause
Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.
Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.
Ordinary Iraqis say Governing Council has no right to alter national symbol.
Those who fled fighting take advantage of new accord to try to get back to their home.
Police have secured the main street in the town, but insurgents still maintain order elsewhere.
Arab students in northern Iraq find themselves at a disadvantage in an overwhelmingly Kurdish area.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters even protect the American base and accompany soldiers on main roads.
The dangers which the siege of Fallujah created for road travel have been reduced, but travellers from Baghdad to the western border are still prey to bandits and corrupt customs men.
Jaysh Muhammed group claims responsibility for attacks on Coalition targets, but denies any connection with al-Qaeda.
While Saddam-era surveillance is happily gone, motorists still feel the need for greater road security.
Radical movement’s attacks on senior clergy seen as contradicting calls for unity.