Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites Published: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding. To the northwest in Pakistan's restive tribal... Read More

US-funded effort to win over Sadr City residents Updated: Sat, May 10, 2008 BAGHDAD (AP) -- Hundreds of women in black abayas crowd outdoor food markets, snapping up groceries and fresh vegetables. Stores are open again. Children play soccer on dirt fields until dusk - or later, when there's electricity. This is Sadr City, where black-clad militiamen of radical Shiite cleric... Read More

Al-Zarqawi Said Shiites Most Dangerous Published: Sat, Dec 9, 2006 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi purportedly believed that Iraq's Shiite Muslims were more dangerous than U.S. forces and more evil than dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a posthumous interview published Friday on the Internet. The 33-page interview, conducted... Read More

Papers Show 'Gloomy' State of Insurgency Updated: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A blueprint for trying to start a war between the United States and Iran was among a "huge treasure" of documents found in the hideout of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi officials said Thursday. The document, purporting to reflect al-Qaida policy and its cooperation... Read More