Iraq Shi'ite leader wants U.S.-backed units curbed
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be brought under tight government control with a more balanced sectarian makeup.
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BAGHDAD - Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr could end a ban on his militia's activities because of rising anger over US and Iraqi raids against his followers, an aide said yesterday amid concerns about rising violence and clashes between rival factions in the mainly Shi'ite south.
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America's new top general in Iraq said Thursday that force alone cannot halt the violence and the U.S. must talk to insurgent groups &#151; an old idea that's been tried before but has in the past faltered in the complex web of Iraqi politics.
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Senior aides to the powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warn US of end to freeze if attacks do not stop
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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws" under a U.S.- backed crackdown, Iraq's president said on Thursday.
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The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad warned on Monday against pulling American troops from Iraq too quickly, saying Iraqi security forces are not ready to assume responsibility.
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Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop using Iraq as a battlefield to fight out their proxy wars, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.
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One of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders told President Bush on Monday that civil war could only be staved off if U.S. forces struck harder against Sunni-led insurgents.
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Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his feared Mehdi Army on Thursday to maintain its six-month ceasefire as members of the militia clashed with U.S. and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani warns   that Iraq can "make trouble" for its neighbors if they do not   stop interfering in his country's internal affairs.
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The idea is backed by the U.N. but is opposed by other Iraqi leaders, among them the countryÂs Kurdish president and Mr. MalikiÂs chief Shiite rival.
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August 31, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - Rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has told his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces, aides said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 30 -- Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told his followers Thursday that he would rescind his order "freezing" the operations of his powerful militia if military raids on his offices did not cease in the next few days, according to officials of Sadr's organization.
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A top aide to Iraq's rebel Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr Monday called on the Mehdi Army militia to cease fire across Iraq and said Sadr was preparing to announce plans for a major political program.
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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq accused Iran on Sunday of stepping up support for anti-American Shi'ite militants in Iraq as U.S. policymakers await a crucial assessment of the violence-torn country.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraq's ruling Shi'ite leaders on Friday urged neighboring states and Western powers to join forces to help prevent an all-out civil war that could spread across the oil-rich region.
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Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti-U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could jeopardize recent security gains.