Shiite militants kidnap American contractor in Iraq, demand Blackwater prosecutions BAGHDAD - A missing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him...

BAGHDAD (AP) - A missing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him into central Baghdad by promising to help him find distant relatives, an...

The attack targeted U.S. forces and was blamed on Shiite militiamen. Al-Lami himself is running in the March election, a fact that has raised questions about the motive behind...

The kidnappers had demanded the release of several Shiite militiamen held by U.S. forces, including the group's leader, Qais al-Khazali, in exchange for the hostages....

Shiite militiamen have for the most part stopped their violence against rival Sunnis after radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's forces were routed by U.S. and Iraqi forces last year...

husband was killed by Shiite militiamen. She applied to the U.N. refugee agency in Syria for resettlement more than a year ago but said she never heard back. So Abdul-Fattah...

well as clashes between Shiite militiamen and U.S. forces. There were conflicting death tolls Wednesday, as is usual in the chaotic aftermath of bombings. Police and hospital...

Public parks are packed and Salman says efforts by Shiite militiamen to woo Hurriyah people to their anti-American cause have failed.'' The people now fully realize that they...

Muqdadiyah, an area 60 miles (90 kilometers) north of the capital that holds a volatile mix of Sunni insurgents and Shiite militiamen, has seen some of the worst bloodshed in...

Four days earlier, the U.S. military formally handed control to local forces in Sadr City, where U.S. and Iraqi forces fought fierce battles against Shiite militiamen in the...

Shiite militiamen who once ruled Hurriyah were defeated by U.S. and Iraqi forces last year. A concrete wall rings Hurriyah, sheltering it from car bombs, the signature attack...

In Iraq, it also is accused of training Shiite militiamen in conflict with Iraq's central government, and of helping to plan a brazen 2007 attack on U.S. troops. But other...

He also ordered Iraqi forces in 2008 to take on Shiite militiamen in hotspots such as the provinces of Basra, Maysan and Diyala as well as in Sadr City, the major Shiite...