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  • These times were just right for a young, bold JAM Jaysh al-Mahdi soldier to scurry out, fire one off and retreat back into the cover of the bustling city.

    Daniel Dowd: Mortar Hour Daniel Dowd 2011

  • They descended upon the table where Hadi al-Mahdi, a journalist and theater director, was sitting with three friends, and began beating them.

    After Iraq's Day of Rage, a Crackdown on Intellectuals 2011

  • By 2008 the Sunni insurgent organizations in Iraq were largely defeated, but that was only one, albeit critically important, aspect of the problem that faced American commanders, because al-Qaeda had something of a Shia analogue, the Jaish al-Mahdi the “Army of the Prophet”, known by its initials as JAM.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • These times were just right for a young, bold JAM Jaysh al-Mahdi soldier to scurry out, fire one off and retreat back into the cover of the bustling city.

    Daniel Dowd: Mortar Hour Daniel Dowd 2011

  • By 2008 the Sunni insurgent organizations in Iraq were largely defeated, but that was only one, albeit critically important, aspect of the problem that faced American commanders, because al-Qaeda had something of a Shia analogue, the Jaish al-Mahdi the “Army of the Prophet”, known by its initials as JAM.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • By 2008 the Sunni insurgent organizations in Iraq were largely defeated, but that was only one, albeit critically important, aspect of the problem that faced American commanders, because al-Qaeda had something of a Shia analogue, the Jaish al-Mahdi the “Army of the Prophet”, known by its initials as JAM.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The pilgrims were standing in line for a ride to Karbala, about 55 miles 90 kilometers south of Baghdad, for celebrations marking the birthday of Mohammed al-Mahdi, the twelfth and so-called hidden imam, who disappeared in the ninth century.

    Two blasts kill 5 In Iraq bombings 2011

  • Mandur al-Mahdi said the government has its own "cyber battalion" which he said is at the forefront of online defense operations.

    Africa's Governments Confront Social Media Protests 2011

  • Under a constitution drafted in 1951 and revised in 1963, the last king of Libya was Mr. El Senussi's great uncle Idris al-Mahdi al-Senussi.

    France and Italy to Send Military Officers to Libya Sebastian Moffett 2011

  • By 2008 the Sunni insurgent organizations in Iraq were largely defeated, but that was only one, albeit critically important, aspect of the problem that faced American commanders, because al-Qaeda had something of a Shia analogue, the Jaish al-Mahdi the “Army of the Prophet”, known by its initials as JAM.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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