... . This problem quickly become more prominent leading to the point were officials could no longer move around the country. After the assassination of the mos influential pro-U.S. cleric in Iraq's Shiite heartland, Sayyid Farqad al-Qizwini, by Sadr's organization; U.S. forces went to war with the Mahdi army. These confrontation not only did it fail to eliminate Sadr's forces, but did nothing ... ...

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... proved disastrous for Iraq if not for its leader. After swift, devastating and conclusive defeat in the field, his troops withdrew. In the north and south of Iraq, Kurds and Shiite Arabs rose up, with the tacit approval of the United States but these rebellions were savagely put down by Hussein's government. The humanitarian crisis caused UN troops to deploy into ... ...

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