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Sunday, March 30 2008, 07:48 PM Al-Sadr Pulls Fighters Off Streets In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers. The government welcomed the move, which followed inte 24 News Stories, 14 Liberal Blogs, 3 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment
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AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush and Cheney Now! Iranians Help Reach Iraq Cease-fire By Charles Levinson, USA TODAY BAGHDAD ? Iranian officials helped broker a cease-fire agreement Sunday between Iraq's government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, according to Iraqi lawmakers. The deal could help defuse a wave of violence that ha
legitgov Sadr Orders Fighters Off Iraq's Streets Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters off Iraq's streets on Sunday in a move which Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki welcomed as a 'step in the right direction' after several days of heavy fighting... Sadr took the decision as it was his 'legitim
Coalition Casualty Count News Reuters: Curfew Lifted In Baghdad (video) There is relative calm in Iraq's capital and the second city of Basra a day after a radical Shia cleric orders his fighters off the streets. Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday told his Mehdi Army militias to stop fighting government troops.
legitgov Iranian General Played Key Role In Iraq Cease-fire Iraqi lawmakers traveled to the Iranian holy city of Qom over the weekend to win the support of the commander of Iran's Qods brigades in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr to order his followers to stop military operations, members of the Iraqi parl
legitgov Al-sadr Trumps In Latest Showdown The Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who directs the Mahdi Army militia, was facing a possible stranglehold after Iraqi forces moved last week against Shiite gangs in the southern city of Basra. Instead, al-Sadr emerged as a self-styled peacemaker and patri
Harper's Magazine Sam Stark?weekly Review Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered an offensive against the Mahdi Army, a large Shia militia allied with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in the oil-rich southern port city of Basra. Senator John McCain called the offensive ?a sign of the s
Coalition Casualty Count News Afp: Iraqi Pm Orders Forces To Stop Random Arrests Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered his security forces to stop random raids and arrests following a week of military assaults against militants loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
Coalition Casualty Count News Reuters: Basra Returning To Normal After Al-sadr Truce Life appeared to be returning to normal in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers off the streets, but clashes continued in Baghdad.
AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush and Cheney Now! Iranian Who Brokered Iraqi Peace Is On U.s. Terrorist Watch List By Warren P. Strobel and Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON ? The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Iraq is an unlikely peacemaker. Brig
legitgov Iraq Ceasefire Allows City To Bury Its Dead The Iraqi Government has welcomed the ceasefire ordered by Moqtadr al-Sadr, after fighting killed more than 350 in the past week, and lifted a curfew in Baghdad.
The Carpetbagger Report The Lessons Of A ?defining Moment? On Friday, in the midst of a Maliki-led offensive against in Basra, President Bush described the eruption of violence across the country as a “defining moment in the history of a free Iraq.” It was, at the time, an odd way to put it. But let&#
Informed Comment Al-a`raji: Arbitrary Arrests Continue (osc) The USG Open Source Center translates a discussion by Iraqis about Muqtada al-Sadr's ceasefire with the government of PM Nuri al-Maliki, carried in Arabic on the Iranian al-Alam satellite channel.'Iran: Al-Alam TV's 'With the Event' Program on Iraq, Al-Sa
Daily Kos Midday Open Thread The REAL power brokers in Iraq: The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Iraq is an unlikely peacemaker. Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, who helped
Coalition Casualty Count News Afp: Sadr Fighters Disappear From Iraq's Streets Gun-toting fighters of hardline cleric Moqtada al-Sadr melted from the streets on Monday after days of fierce clashes with security forces as a curfew in Baghdad was lifted and eased in Basra.
From The Right
memeorandum Cleric Suspends Battle In Basra By Shiite Militia (new York Times) New York Times: Cleric Suspends Battle in Basra by Shiite Militia  —  BAGHDAD — The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraq's government,
Dean's World Sadr?s Triumphant Surrender The media appear to be unanimous: by getting his butt kicked, surrendering control of Basra, and being mocked as an Iranian catspaw Sadr has… succeeded.  Many Iraqi politicians say that Mr. Maliki?s political capital has been severely depleted by th
Outside The Beltway | OTB Defeated Maliki Accepts cease-fire Six days of Shiite-on-Shiite warfare in Basra appear over after Mahdi militia chief Moktada al-Sadr sued for peace and the government agreed in a deal brokered by Iran. Whether this gets scored a “win” for Sadr or Prime Minister Maliki will l