Al-Sadr calls for U.S. pullout from Iraq
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced Friday after nearly four months in hiding and demanded U.S. troops leave Iraq, a development likely to complicate U.S. efforts to crack down on violence and broker political compromise in the country.
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American and British forces battled Mehdi Army fighters in Baghdad and Basra after their leader, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, used a rare public appearance to call on U.S. troops to get out of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr declared yesterday he is prepared to withdraw his fighters occupying the revered Imam Ali shrine, a step that could end the two-week-old battle in Najaf. But al-Sadr&#39;s aides said talks ...
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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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Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric returned to the country from Britain on Wednesday and his aides called for a nationwide march to Najaf to end nearly three weeks of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants in this holy city.
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Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad and the arrival of 21,500 U.S. troops sent by President Bush to quell sectarian violence, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD The American-backed Iraqi government and representatives of Moktada al-Sadr, the rebellious Shiite cleric, continued talks on Monday, seeking a peace plan for the vast, volatile Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City that could set a precedent for
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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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Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr  has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and Iraqi  government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his  goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said Monday.
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The U.S. military believes anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq and is now in Iran, two senior U.S. officials said, amid an accelerating offensive against militants in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and  Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue  his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said  Monday.
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U.S. and British forces battled Mehdi Army fighters in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra after their leader, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, made a rare public appearance and called on U.S. troops to get out of Iraq.
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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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NAJAF, AUGUST 17: An Iraqi peace delegation urged a radical Shi&#39;ite cleric on Tuesday to call off his uprising in Najaf, where US troops pounded militia positions near the country&#39;s holiest Islamic sites.
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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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Rogue Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr has called for the release of an American freelance journalist with New England roots who was seized in Nasiriyah Friday.
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday ordered his followers to end clashes with US andIraqi forces across Iraq, one of his aides said.