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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
 AP: In a dramatic reversal, Iraq's prime minister ordered a nationwide freeze Friday on Iraqi raids against Shiite militants, bowing to demands by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr only one day after promising to expand the crackdown to Baghdad. |
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
 CNN: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday ordered his security forces to stop raids on suspected Shiite militia members to "give time to those who are repentant" to lay down their weapons.
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
 McClatchy Newspapers: The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Iraq is an unlikely peacemaker. |
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
 CNN: The deal to end the weeklong fighting in Iraq's Shiite regions appeared to be holding Monday, but left lingering questions about Iran's growing influence, the Iraqi government's military resolve and the chances for more intra-Shiite hostility. |
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
 AP: Iraqi soldiers uncovered a cache of Iranian-made rockets and armor-piercing roadside bombs Saturday in an apartment building occupied by Shiite militia members south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. |
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
 Sunday Telegraph: British forces became embroiled in the fight to wrest control of Basra from Iranian-backed militias yesterday, as a senior US military adviser accused Gordon Brown of failing "as an ally" in his desire for a hasty withdrawal of troops. |
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
 Sunday Telegraph: Be it fighting the occupation, sectarian bloodletting, or internecine squabbling with his fellow Shia, the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has waged war on almost every front in Iraq's turbulent past five years. |
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 |
 AP: Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city. |
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 |
 AFP: US Admiral William Fallon was replaced Friday as head of US military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, a post he quit following reports he opposed President George W. Bush's policy towards Iran. |
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
 CNN:The fighting among Shiite militias and government troops in Basra is a glimpse of Iraq's future, and pivotal cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in deep trouble, according to two CNN correspondents and a CNN military analyst. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
 AFP: Iran is linked to violence in Iraq by providing training to those firing rockets in Baghdad and not doing enough to rein in lawless gunmen in Basra, the US military charged on Wednesday. |
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
 AFP: Insurgents on Tuesday slammed at least four rockets into the heavily-fortified Baghdad Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and the US embassy, Iraqi and US officials said. |
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
 Wall Street Journal: Residents in two Shiite-controlled neighborhoods here said armed militias have taken over rooms in several schools and stocked them with rockets, in a sign they could be gearing up for more attacks against the U.S.-backed government. |
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
 Press Association: Iranian-backed Shiite militia factions were blamed by the US for a spate of rocket attacks that struck the Green Zone in Baghdad. |
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
 AP: Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militias in the southern oil port of Basra on Tuesday as a security plan to clamp down on violence between rival militia factions in the region began. |
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
 BBC: The most senior US general in Iraq has said he has evidence that Iran was behind Sunday's bombardment of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. |
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
 AP: Iranian artillery shelled three border towns Sunday in northern Iraq where Iranian Kurdish rebels are believed to be operating, an Iraqi Kurdish official said. |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
 AFP: Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks with top US military commanders this week over their plans for future troop deployments in Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Friday. |
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
 CNN: The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said Iran continues to support Iraqi insurgents and Syria is allowing foreign fighters passage into Iraq.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
 AP: Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, expressed fresh concern Tuesday about Iran's influence in Iraq and rising sway in Mideast. |
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney during a surprise visit to Baghad on Monday strongly urged Washington's Arab allies, like Saudi Arabia, to send envoys to Iraq, as a key step toward curbing Iranian influence. |
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 AP: Vice President Dick Cheney opened a new U.S. push for political unity in Iraq on an unannounced visit Monday, just ahead of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. |
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
 AFP: Fierce clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite militants and Iraqi police in the restive province of Diyala in which at least seven people were killed, a local police officer said. |
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
 VOA News: Iraqi officials say Iranian forces have fired artillery at several northwestern Iraqi villages suspected of harboring Kurdish rebel bases. |
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
 New York Times: Adm. William J. Fallon, the commander of American forces in the Middle East whose outspoken public statements on Iran and other issues had seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. |
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
 AP: Despite increased counterterrorism efforts by Damascus, as much as 90 percent of the foreign fighters in Iraq cross the border from Syria, according to a Pentagon report that says Iran's support for Shiite militants also is hurting efforts to improve Iraq security. |
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 10 – A new branch of a joint Iranian-Iraqi bank will be opened in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Tuesday, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Monday. |
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
 Los Angeles Times: A high-ranking U.S. military officer Sunday described new details of allegations that Iran is meddling in Iraq, accusing the Islamic Republic of training Iraqi operatives to direct militants in their homeland. |
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Sunday, 09 March 2008 |
 Reuters: An Iranian delegation failed to meet U.S. officials in Baghdad for talks on security in Iraq and was forced to go home last week without meeting the Americans due to a mix-up over dates, Iraq's foreign minister said.
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
 Washington Times: Talks are under way among Iraqi political parties to overhaul the Cabinet and establish a new technocratic government, the prime minister's top political adviser said yesterday. |
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