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Air-con and hot meals: Iraq protest camps dig in for long haul

Baghdad (AFP) - In the capital of crisis-torn Iraq, two tent cities have sprung up as rival Shiite blocs have set up protest camps, complete with cooked meals and air-conditioners against the blistering heat.

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Iraqi crisis talks go ahead without firebrand cleric

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met party and other leaders on Wednesday to discuss the country's political deadlock, but key player Moqtada Sadr, a firebrand Shiite cleric, did not attend.

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Iraq's Sadr backtracks on call for huge protest

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr backtracked Tuesday after earlier urging his supporters to join a massive rally as a standoff with his political rivals appeared to be getting worse.

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Iraq judiciary dismisses Sadr's demand to dissolve parliament

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's judiciary said Sunday it lacks the authority to dissolve parliament as demanded by populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who is engaged in an escalating standoff with political rivals.

AFP

Fed-up Iraqis say feuding political rivals 'in another world'

Baghdad (AFP) - Two rival Shiite Muslim blocs are holding competing sit-ins in Baghdad, ramping up tensions in conflict-weary Iraq, but shopkeeper Mustafa says he's more worried about how he's going to make a living.

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Iraq's Sadr sets deadline to dissolve parliament

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday called on the judiciary to dissolve parliament by the end of next week, urging his supporters to keep up a sit-in outside the legislature.

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Shiite Muslims throng Iraqi shrine city to mark Ashura

Karbala (Iraq) (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on Tuesday marked the festival of Ashura in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, the burial place of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

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Tens of thousands pray in show of force by Iraq cleric Sadr

Baghdad (AFP) - Tens of thousands attended mass prayers Friday in Baghdad's Green Zone in a new power play by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries conditionally backed his call for early elections.

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In new power play, Iraq's Sadr mobilises supporters for mass prayer

Baghdad (AFP) - Tens of thousands converged on Baghdad's Green Zone Friday for mass prayers in a new power play by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries conditionally backed his call for early elections.

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Iraq's Sadr plans new show of force

Baghdad (AFP) - In a new power play, Iraq's Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called for traditional Friday prayers to take place on a vast square inside the Green Zone where his followers have occupied parliament for seven days.

AFP

What is Iraqi cleric Sadr's latest political endgame?

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr is calling for elections, months after polls failed to lead to an agreement on a new government, prime minister and president.

AFP

Powerful Iraqi cleric calls for early elections as political crisis escalates

Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq’s government zone, and called for the dissolution of parliament and early elections, signaling a deepening power struggle with his rivals.

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Iraq's Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates

Baghdad (AFP) - Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new national polls be called.

AFP

Iraqi Shiite leader Sadr demands fresh elections

Baghdad (AFP) - Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new elections be called.

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UN calls for 'urgent' solutions to Iraq political crisis

Baghdad (AFP) - The United Nations mission in Iraq called on leaders Wednesday to put their country first and end a long-running political power struggle, as tensions soar in the war-scarred nation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘We Have Nothing’: Iraqi Protesters Voice Anger, Hope

Thousands of Iraqi protesters have occupied the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone for the past five days, the latest political turmoil to strike the war-scarred country. The mass sit-in is led by followers of powerful Shiite Muslim preacher Moqtada Sadr, who is facing off against a rival, Iran-backed Shiite faction…

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'We have nothing': Iraqi protesters voice anger, hope

Baghdad (AFP) - Thousands of Iraqi protesters have occupied the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone for the past five days, the latest political turmoil to strike the war-scarred country.

AFP

Iraq's Sadrists told to quit parliament but keep protesting

Baghdad (AFP) - A top official from Iraq's Sadrist movement Tuesday urged followers who have occupied parliament for four days to move their protest outside, as calls mount for dialogue between political rivals.

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Iraq tensions soar as protesters rally against parliament occupation

Baghdad (AFP) - Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr extended their occupation of parliament into a third day.

AFP

Iraq tensions soar as protesters rally agains parliament occupation

Baghdad (AFP) - Hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr extended their occupation of parliament for a third day.

AFP

Tensions soar as Iraq gears up for rival protests near occupied parliament

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi security forces were on high alert in Baghdad on Monday as tensions soared after rivals of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose supporters are occupying the parliament, called for counter-demonstrations.

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Iraqi cleric urges wider protests as supporters occupy parliament

Baghdad (AFP) - Powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr Sunday urged other factions to support a protest that has seen his followers occupy parliament in a dispute over who should name the next prime minister.

AFP

Iraqi cleric urges others to join protest as parliament sit-in digs in

Baghdad (AFP) - Powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr Sunday urged other factions to support a protest that has seen his supporters occupy parliament in a dispute over who should name the next prime minister.

Reuters

Explainer: What's driving the power struggle in Iraq?

A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest.

AFP

Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day

Baghdad (AFP) - Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr began a second day camped at the country's parliament on Sunday.

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