Al-Sadr Loyalists Turning in Weapons
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Soldiers from the Iraqi National Guard show off mortars after militia members delivered sacks of the rounds to Iraqi security forces in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004.
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Dozens of militia fighters loyal to Shiâite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr laid down their arms Friday in front of the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf after their leader turned control of
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a step aimed at ending the 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site.    Iraq's highest Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, agreed to take control of the shrine, which al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia turned into a stronghold and refuge during their fight with U.S...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - An aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the militant leader instructed his followers late Thursday to turn over the keys of the revered Shiite shrine they were hiding in to top religious ...
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Weapons were stolen from a Samarra police station before it was blown up and the city&#39;s top cop quit. BAGHDAD -- Guerrillas carried out a series of raids in the city of Samarra yesterday, stealing weapons
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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 -- Followers of the militant Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took over state-run television yesterday to denounce the Iraqi government, label Sunnis "terrorists," and issue what appeared to many viewers as a call to arms.
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A senior aide to rebel Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today offered to disarm his militia fighter loyalists as part of a peace initiative in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City and other areas.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday they will begin handing weapons over to Iraqi police next week in a major step toward ending weeks of fighting with American soldiers in Baghdad's Sadr City district.    Meanwhile, there were reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley tried to escape before he was beheaded...
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Fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a bid aimed at ending the 2-week-old standoff centered on the holy site.
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Militiamen loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr will begin handing over weapons to Iraqi police next week in a major step toward ending weeks of fighting with American soldiers and restoring peace in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a senior aide to the radical cleric said Saturday.
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Moktada al-Sadr has shown how a portly cleric with a dedicated militia and an artful grasp of Shiite street politics can confront American power.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - A government plan to disarm Iraq&#39;s biggest Shiite militia here has brought in enough weaponry in its first week that Iraqi officials extended the program on Sunday and said that it might be spread to other cities.
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BAGHDAD  - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr&#39;s militia handed in hundreds of weapons in Baghdad, as the US military focused its fire on Iraq&#39;s rebel-held Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah.
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The delegation hoped to convince Moktada al- Sadr to disarm his militia, to leave the shrine and to join the political process.
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Spokesman for radical cleric says Sadr is making plans to join Iraq&#39;s nascent political process, and those plans will become known in coming days.