Shiite militants turning in weapons in Iraq
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The first day of a disarmament program in the Sadr City slum of Baghdad yielded a rich harvest of weapons from Shiite fighters. Cars full of machine guns, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and landmines were turned in Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr trickled in to police stations in Baghdad's Sadr City district to hand in weapons Monday under a deal with the government that is seen as a key step toward ending weeks of fighting with U.S. and Iraqi forces in the Shiite militant stronghold...
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TONY EASTLEY: Fighters loyal to Iraqi Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr have begun handing over their weapons, in a deal designed to end fighting between the militiamen and US-led forces in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City.
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MADERIYAH, Iraq -- Saad Mahami wanted more firepower. He didn't trust the Iraqi government to give him support, so inside Patrol Base Whiskey, at the edge of this village south of Baghdad, he told U.S. commanders that his 71 Sunni fighters needed additional weapons to fight the insurgent group al...
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NAJAF, Iraq - A rebel cleric's militiamen kept their guns outside a holy site Friday after issuing a surprise offer to give up control of the Imam Ali Shrine to Shiite Muslim religious leaders, but negotiators wrangled into the night over getting the militants out of the compound.    The removal of weapons and pledge to hand over keys to religious authorities was seen as a big step toward a resolution of the two-week faceoff in Najaf that has killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds in fighting between Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and a joint U.S.-Iraq force...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Saturday to begin handing in weapons, a significant step toward restoring order in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum as the interim government struggles to curb Iraq's more widespread Sunni insurgency.    In a sign of persistent Sunni unrest, clashes flared in several cities as the search continued for the body of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was decapitated by his abductors - reportedly after a failed escape attempt...
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Shiite fighters in tracksuits and sneakers unloaded cars full of machine guns, mortars and land mines Monday as a five-day, weapons-for-cash disarmament program kicked off in Baghdad's Sadr City district &#151; a sign of progress in the center of Shiite resistance in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, 8 October 2004 - Militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr offered yesterday to surrender heavy and medium weapons in return for the release of prisoners and a role in Iraqâs political process, hours after the US military freed one of
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Iran is training Iraqi Shi'ites to use armor-piercing munitions inside Iran and at camps in Lebanon run by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.
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Baghdad, Iraqâ Residents of Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City district slowly began to turn in weapons Monday, the first step in a process that US and Iraqi officials hope will lead to a permanent end to fighting in the insurgent-controlled slum.
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Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Mosque, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq s top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of fighting ...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - When shrapnel lands in Najaf's Imam  Ali shrine, Shi'ite militants holed up inside the sacred  complex casually inspect the hot metal and then return to  prayers or chanting defiant slogans.
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BAGHDAD: Members of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr&#39;s militia began handing back their weapons yesterday under a deal with the interim Iraq Government, while two US soldiers were killed in a Baghdad rocket attack.
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Moqtada al-Sadr fills his militia with Shiite 'true believers.'
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BAGHDAD, Iraq A senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (mook-TAH&#39;-duh ehl SAH&#39;-dur) says militiamen loyal to him will begin handing over weapons to Iraqi police next week.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 20, 2004  Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as a 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site appeared to be drawing to an end.
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Militia fighters in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City are to begin surrendering their mortars, grenades, machine guns and other weapons Monday under an accord with the interim Iraqi government, both sides announced Saturday.