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Sadr City, a sprawling slum in northeastern Baghdad, is home to over 2 million Iraqis and has the largest Shi’a population in Baghdad. Sadr City was built in 1959 and unofficially named for Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, the highly-revered Shi’a cleric who was assassinated by the Saddam Hussein’s regime in 1999. Sadr City presents one of the biggest security challenges for U.S. forces in Baghdad.
An operation to secure the population of Baghdad by targeting al Qaeda, Sunni insurgent, and Shi'a extremist elements.
The follow-on operation to Together Forward I aimed at improving Baghdad’s security conditions.
Iran has been actively involved in supporting Shi'a militias and encouraging sectarian violence in Iraq since the invasion of 2003.
This Iraq Report describes lethal support provided by the Iranian government to Shi'a extremist organizations in Iraq.
This Iraq Report describes the first few weeks of the new Baghdad Security Plan (BSP), Operation Enforcing the Law, from February 10 to March 5.
This Iraq Report describes the transition from General George Casey to General David Petraeus as Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.