Jan 25th, 2007 · In a speech to the Iraqi parliament, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes an emotional appeal for support for his Baghdad security plan, vowing that it will target all armed militants regardless of sect or political affiliation. After angry exchanges, parliament voted to support the prime minister's plan.
Sep 1st, 2006 · Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has waived extradition hearings and will soon be sent to Utah to face charges of rape as an accomplice. His capture had been a priority of state and federal officials trying to stem forced polygamous marriages involving underage girls.
Aug 3rd, 2006 · U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid, the head of the military central command in Iraq, tells a Senate panel that warring between rival Muslim sects could lead to civil war. Also, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns senators that redeploying U.S. troops would be seen as a victory for extremists looking to control the Middle East.
Nov 20th, 2005 · It was another bloody weekend in Iraq, and the violence seems increasingly to be a product of sectarian and ethnic tensions. Resentment between rival Muslim groups continues to grow -- some families who have long lived in relative contentment in mixed Sunni and Shiite towns are beginning to fear their neighbors. Debbie Elliott talks with New York Times reporter Sabrina Tavernise about a tendency of Iraqis to segregate themselves according to sect.
May 4th, 2005 · A polygamist sect known as the FLDS is building a new settlement in the rural Texas town of Eldorado. Locals are weighing their distrust of plural marriage and other sect practices with the powerful belief that people who move to West Texas should be free to live as they please.