Shia leader Sadrâs movement insists on Iraq election boycott
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BAGHDAD - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadrâs movement will not participate in the national Iraqi elections due on January 30, Sadrâs senior assistant asserted on Friday.
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A radical cleric prepared to hand control of a shrine at the heart of a Shi'ite uprising in Iraq to religious authorities on Friday, but still rejected demands by the interim prime minister to disband his militia.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Moqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric leading an insurgency in Najaf, has failed to act on promises to disarm his militia in the city, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
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Iraq&#39;s largest group of Sunni Muslim clerics on Wednesday ordered followers to boycott January&#39;s parliamentary elections if US forces don&#39;t break off their military campaign in the flash-point city of Fallujah.
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Iraqi Shia leaders appealed to their supporters to show restraint yesterday after two deadly blasts targeted their religious centres in an apparent attempt to trigger civil war.
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A powerful group of Sunni Muslim  clerics threatened Sunday to call a boycott of Iraq's first  free elections in decades if U.S. forces launch a  widely-expected assault on the rebel stronghold of Falluja.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Followers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Friday they were prepared to hand control of the revered Imam Ali Shrine to top Shiite religious authorities, and Iraq's interim prime minister said he would not storm the holy site.    The moves came after a day and night of fighting in Najaf that killed 77 people and wounded 70 others, as al-Sadr militiamen mortared a police station and U.S...
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc will end its boycott of the country's Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday.
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Iraq's firebrand Sunni Arab parliament speaker will not be removed from his post, a legislator from the country's most powerful Shiite political bloc said Friday.
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The head of Iraq's most powerful Shiite militia refuses to hold direct talks with U.S. envoys despite apparent willingness for dialogue by Washington, a spokesman for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday.
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The political movement loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr withdraws from Iraq's governing Shia alliance.
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A senior Shi'ite cleric urged Iraqis on Saturday to boycott Sunday's landmark elections and take up arms to expel U.S. forces from the country.
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Shiite Muslim leaders, including Sistani, denounced the demand for postponing Iraq elections; parties representing Sunni minority had called for a delay in the vote.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A senior Shi'ite cleric urged  Iraqis on Saturday to boycott Sunday's landmark elections and  take up arms to expel U.S. forces from the country.
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Iraq's interim prime minister said Monday he's confident only a small number of people will boycott the Jan. 30 elections despite anger among many Sunni Muslims over the Fallujah offensive and a deadly U.S.-Iraqi raid on a Baghdad mosque.
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Supporters of Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr remain in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the southern city of Najaf after 16 days of fighting with US-led forces, the British Broadcasting Corp.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The leader of a Shi&#39;ite uprising in Iraq agreed Wednesday to leave a holy shrine encircled by US marines, hours after the interim government threatened to storm it and drive out his fighters.