Tentative Accord Reached in Najaf to End Fighting
230647
The deal calls for the withdrawal of Moktada al-Sadr's fighters from the Imam Ali shrine and a pullback of U.S. forces.
364247
The Iraqi government tonight accepted a peace deal brokered by Iraqâs top Shiite cleric to end weeks of devastating violence in the holy city of Najaf, State Minister Qassim Dawoud said.
33959
NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters left the holiest  shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf Friday and began turning in  their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a  peace agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
178488
Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf.
340546
Iraq&#39;s interim government and the US military forces in Najaf were adopting a &quot;wait-and-see&quot; approach last night after giving Shia rebels 24 hours in which to agree a peace deal with the senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.
437736
Iraqi delegates to a conference  choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical  Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to government demands  to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.
616340
Shi'ite fighters left the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf Friday and began turning in their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a peace agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
445558
NAJAF, Iraq  - Walking past pockmarked buildings  and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to  Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was  reached overnight to end an uprising.
328406
Thousands of Shiites marched in celebration of an accord reached to end fighting between U.S. forces and a rebel cleric's militia.
219982
More fighting has been reported in the Iraqi city of Najaf, despite an agreement by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end clashes between his supporters and US-led forces.
709609
Iraq&#39;s top Shi&#39;ite cleric is to unveil a peace deal that could end the fighting around the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf. Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani is calling for foreign troops to leave Najaf, Iraqi police
416613
The radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was reported last night to have accepted a peace deal that could end the violent two-week uprising in Najaf and see his militia leave the city&#39;s Imam Ali Shrine.
376117
NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces.    The renegade Muqtada al-Sadr accepted the proposal in a face-to-face meeting Thursday night with the 75-year-old al-Sistani...
269174
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate told the conference Wednesday.
203594
: Shia fighters left the holiest shrine in Najaf today and began turning in their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a peace agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
400422
Untitled NAJAF - Rebel fighters streamed out of this city's revered shrine yesterday and carted away their weapons on pushcarts covered with blankets, a day after Iraq's most respected cleric brokered a truce to end their bloody three-week battle with US and Iraqi forces.
72092
Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will remain a free man after he agreed a peace deal to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf, Minister of State Kasim Daoud told a news conference early Friday.