Iraqi Government Says Sadr Facing 'Final Hours'
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Firebrand Iraqi cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr is facing his "final hours" before a military strike  unless he meets demands that include renouncing violence and  handing in weapons, Iraq's government said on Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against U.S. and Iraqi forces and is planning to join the political process in the coming days, an al-Sadr aide said Monday...
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19 August 2004 -- An Iraqi government official has said a military offensive against Shi&#39;ite militiamen loyal to Shi&#39;a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Al-Najaf will begin in &quot;hours&quot; unless they disarm.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 30, 2004 - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces and is planning to join the political process in the coming days, an al-Sadr aide said Monday.
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U.S. officials say time is running out for Iraq to root out sectarian militias and purge ministries of corrupt officials.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a &quot;final call&quot; yesterday for Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to agree to a new set of conditions issued by the government and end his rebellion.
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BAGHDAD, 21 December 2004 - Iraqâs Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned yesterday that insurgents were trying to foment a sectarian war in the country, as thousands of mourners attended funerals in the Shiite cities of Najaf and Kerbala a day
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Heavy blasts rock Najaf hours after the prime minister issues a "final call" to Moqtada Sadr to end his insurgency.
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Iraq's prime minister issues a "final call" to cleric Moqtada Sadr to end the stand-off in Najaf as new clashes erupt.
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BAGHDAD -- Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr signaled that he would accept a plea from Iraqi leaders to dissolve his militia and vacate the sacred Imam Ali shrine in Najaf. But he asked for further negotiations with Iraq's interim government to work out details, according to a letter from Sadr's office that was delivered yesterday to a political conference here.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr wants to negotiate arrangements to implement government  demands to end his uprising, his spokesman said.
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The U.S. and the Iraqi government struggle to contain the truculent cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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The chief spokesman for rebel Iraqi  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday no deal had been  agreed with Iraq's government to end fighting in Baghdad's  Shi'ite slum district of Sadr City.
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Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has reportedly called on his followers to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces. Naim Al-Kaabi, an aide to al-Sadr in Baghdad, said the cleric has &quot;called for a halting
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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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NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi Cabinet minister said Thursday that Iraqi forces could begin an offensive against Muqtada al-Sadr within hours, despite the firebrand cleric's acceptance of a cease-fire proposal.    Minister of State Qassim Dawoud issued a series of demands al-Sadr must meet to prevent an imminent attack on his forces, who are holed up in the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf...
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.