Iraqi Kurdistan

Inside the Militia Strongholds

IWPR journalists venture into areas held by supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

22 Feb 05

Volunteers from Baghdad and southern Iraq answer call from clerics besieged in Najaf.

22 Feb 05

Opinions divided about justness of insurgency as relatives mourn their losses.

22 Feb 05

As Iraq’s medical system falters, many people are turning back to older healing methods.

22 Feb 05

Tired of seeing their country torn apart by war, Iraqis view Olympic success with pride.

22 Feb 05

Hundreds of thousands who fled life in Baathist Iraq have little to go back to, even if life in Iran is tough.

22 Feb 05

Fear reigns in Hilla – a city that used to be an island of calm in the Shia south - after a round of fighting, looting and mass jailbreaks.

22 Feb 05

Thousand-strong demo in Najaf is followed by Shia cleric’s decision to pull his men out.

22 Feb 05

Freedom brings surge in looting of antiquities from Ur and other Mesopotamian sites.

22 Feb 05

A town south of Baghdad has recently become home to a particularly intolerant version of Sunni radicalism.

22 Feb 05

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