Shia-Sunni rift in Iraq gets worse, 150
dead
Times of India
- India
... enclave since the beginning of
the Iraq war, suspected
Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the
capital's Shia Sadr City
...
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Supreme
Leader: Haj, an occasion to reinforce Muslim solidarity
Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran - 22 Nov 2006
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on
Wednesday that Haj pilgrimage should display Muslims solidarity and is an ...
Haj,
an occasion to reinforce Muslim solidarity: Leader Tehran Times
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Shia protests rattle nervous Beirut
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
Hundreds of Shia Lebanese have
begun demonstrating in Beirut
after clerics told their followers that Hasan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader,
had been 'insulted ...
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Extremist
vying to become top ayatollah
Washington Times, DC - 19
Nov 2006
... In a move that would push the country even further into the
diplomatic wilderness, Ayatollah
Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, 71, who publicly backs the use of ...
Gunmen raid
Iraq health ministry
BBC News - UK
... Reports said they were
believed to be Sunni Muslim insurgents. Shia
militias were suspected of a mass kidnapping of education ministry staff last
week. ...
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Iraq to hold
reconciliation talks
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... The conference is expected to
bring together leading politicians from the majority Shia Muslim community as well as from the Sunni, Kurd and even
Christian ...
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Top
Shiite cleric dies in Iran
International Herald Tribune, France - 20 Nov 2006
AP. NAJAF, Iraq:
Iraq's
top Shiite clerics announced on Monday the death of Iran-based Grand Ayatollah
Jawad Tabrizi. He was 82. ...
Iraqi
PM plays host to insurgents
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... It will address the question
of Shia militias, but
controversial groups such as the Mahdi Army will not be included because the Shia-led Government believes it ...
die
as car bombs blitz Baghdad markets
Metro - London,UK
... Sunni insurgents used six car
bombs – including three suicide attackers – and two mortar rounds
in a coordinated raid on the mostly Shia
slum. ...
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