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News channel or source: https://www.kcrw.com/shows/to-the-point/stories/iraq-najaf-and-presidential-politics

Published on: Thursday 12 August 2004

Aides to Muqtada Al-Sadr say he-s been slightly wounded, but US and Iraqi forces have pulled back from the confrontation at the Shrine of Imam Ali, and despite Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's ...

News Iraq » Najaf » Politics: Religion, politics make Najaf focus of Iraqi power

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/religion-politics-make-najaf-focus-of-iraqi-power-idUSTRE48O3BY/

Published on: Wednesday 24 September 2008

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The holy Shi'ite city of Najaf has come to wield immense influence on Iraqi politics and whoever can harness that power could dominate upcoming local elections and set the tone ...

News Iraq » Najaf » Politics: After "quitting politics", Muqtada al-Sadr plans a comeback

News channel or source: https://www.albawaba.com/news/after-quitting-politics-muqtada-al-sadr-plans-comeback-1566018

Published on: Thursday 14 May 2026

ALBAWABA - According to local reports and after almost two years of failing to form a government, Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is laying ...

News Iraq » Najaf » Politics: The Long Shadow of American Wars on Iraq

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/long-shadow-american-wars-iraq-100000229.html

Published on: Monday 25 May 2026

Iraq has yet to fully emerge from the wreckage of its own wars, and the war America and Israel launched against Iran in February has already spilled over into my country.

News Iraq » Najaf » Politics: Zaidi raises stakes in confrontation with Iraq’s armed factions

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-ae/politics/government/zaidi-raises-stakes-in-confrontation-with-iraq-s-armed-factions/ar-AA24yBCT

Published on: Monday 01 June 2026

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has intensified his campaign against armed groups operating outside state control, emboldened by public backing from influential Shiite cleric Moqtada ...

News Iraq » Najaf » Politics: The Last 600 Meters

News channel or source: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-last-600-meters-tpxhab/

Published on: Sunday 09 November 2025

The deadliest battles of the Iraq War are revealed in the words and deeds of those who fought there. In 2004, America fought the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War: Najaf, in the south, against the ...