Al-Sadr loyalists spurn Iraq parliament
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Six Cabinet ministers and 30 legislators loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr decided Wednesday to boycott Parliament and the government to protest the Iraqi prime minister's summit with President Bush.
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BAGHDAD, March 7 -- A small Shiite political party on Wednesday pulled out of the governing Shiite parliamentary bloc that put Iraq's prime minister in power.
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AJAF, Iraq, Aug. 17 - The rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr refused to meet here on Tuesday with a peace delegation that traveled from a national political conference in Baghdad, and fighting between American forces and ...
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Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday in an attempt to end a protracted standoff over the 2008 budget and other bills, which has led to some calls for parliament to be disbanded.
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Failure to disband the militia of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr could be storing up trouble for the future, Britainâs former envoy to Iraq warned today.
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The political movement loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr withdrew from Iraq's ruling Shi'ite Alliance on Saturday, leaving Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in a precarious position in parliament.
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The political bloc of fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Tuesday it had resumed participation in Iraq's parliament, suspended last month in protest over an attack on a revered Shi'ite mosque.
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Iraq's electoral commission is considering setting aside seats in the country's national assembly for Sunni Arab politicians and other groups if their supporters don't vote in the country's Jan. 30 elections for fear of attacks by insurgents, a U.S. official said Sunday.
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Iraq&#39;s Electoral Commission on Sunday dismissed suggestions from Washington that minority Sunni Arabs could get extra seats in parliament after next month&#39;s election to avoid Shi&#39;ite domination if Sunnis fail to vote.
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The rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army militia to halt attacks on coalition and Iraqi Government forces, as aides said he was ready to join the US-backed political process.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on  Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of  "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions  in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.
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Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end their uprising against U.S. and Iraqi forces while he considers forming a political movement, senior al-Sadr officials said Monday.
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Iraq's parliament abruptly adjourned on   Thursday after several Shi'ite lawmakers tried to force debate   on the divisive issue of federalism, which Sunnis fear could   lead to the breakup of the oil-rich country.
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Iraq&#39;s Shiite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Saturday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan.
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Scores of Iraqi lawmakers stormed out of parliament on Tuesday after blocking a vote on the 2008 budget and other key bills, prompting calls for the legislature to be disbanded.
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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 political movement loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr withdraws from Iraq's governing Shia alliance.