Al-Sadr Loyalists Agree to Hand Over Arms
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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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: A Shia militia led by Moqtada al-Sadr agreed today to disarm under a deal that could pacify a Baghdad flashpoint and remove one obstacle to Iraqâs plan to hold nationwide elections in January.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  Militants loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that they handed over the keys to a revered Muslim shrine to Shiite religious leaders a big step toward resolving a 2-week-old standoff in the holy city of Najaf.
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The Iraqi government says it has reached an agreement to end weeks of clashes in the Sadr City district of Baghdad between Shi&#39;ite fighters and American forces.
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Thousands of Shiites marched in celebration of an accord reached to end fighting between U.S. forces and a rebel cleric's militia.
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Baghdad - Followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday trickled in to police stations in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City district to hand in weapons under a deal seen as a key step toward ending weeks of fighting with US and Iraqi forces in the Shiite militant
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BAGHDAD Militiamen loyal to the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr surrendered hundreds of weapons Monday, in what appeared to be an encouraging first step in a deal with the Iraqi government and the American military to end months of fighting in the eastern
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BAGHDAD, October 08 (Online): An aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr offered on Thursday to hand over medium and heavy weapons and cooperate with Iraqi security forces in the capital if the government stops pursuing members of the Shia militia and releases
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite rebels began handing in  weapons and leaving a holy shrine on Friday in Iraq's Najaf,  where tens of thousands of pilgrims flocked to celebrate a  peace deal reached overnight to end a bloody three-week  uprising.
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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 : A key step toward peace in Iraq was taken when the militia of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr agreed to lay down their arms in the capital, as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said more troops may be needed to ensure safe elections in January.
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NAJAF, Aug 18: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr agreed on Wednesday to disarm his militia and leave Najaf&#39;s Imam Ali Mosque but only after a truce with encircling US marines. A senior aide said Moqtada Sadr had demanded a ceasefire first with US-led forces in ...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - A government plan to entice Iraq&#39;s biggest Shiite militia to turn in its weapons in return for cash here has brought in enough arms in its first week that Iraqi officials extended
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Followers of renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have agreed to a cease-fire with Iraq's interim government aimed at ending weeks of fighting in the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a mediator said Wednesday. However, key members of the cleric's movement insisted terms of the deal had not been finalized.
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Iraq&#39;s most revered Shiite religious authority has agreed Thursday a &quot;very positive&quot; deal with rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end a three-week uprising in the holy city of Najaf, as tensions were inflamed by attacks on Shiite marchers that killed at
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The Iraqi government has given Shi&#39;ite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than