Iraqi Cleric's Militia Promises to Hand Over Heavy Weapons
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The handover is part of a deal to disband the insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan Wednesday for Najaf that would disarm his militiamen and remove them from a holy shrine where they are hiding out, according to a spokesman. However, Al-Sadr wanted to negotiate how the deal would be implemented...
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his followers to hand over control of Najaf&#39;s Imam Ali Mosque, while refusing to dissolve his militia, according to reports on Arab news channels cited by the Associated Press.
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A plan to disarm militia has raised hope that Moktada al-Sadr will continue his turn toward entering the democratic process.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines, but only  after a truce with encircling U.S. Marines.
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Followers of radical Iraqi Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have begun handing in weapons as part of a peace deal aimed at ending weeks of fighting in a Baghdad slum.
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A militia member loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr delivers sacks of mortar rounds to Iraqi security forces in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Monday, Oct. 11, 2004.
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The top aide to Iraq's rebel Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Thursday that Shi'ite  militiamen would hand over their weapons as part of a peace  initiative in Baghdad's Sadr City and other areas.
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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  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines after  warnings of an onslaught by government forces.
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Followers of Muqtada al Sadr, the radical cleric, began handing their weapons into police stations in the Iraqi capital yesterday and US forces suspended operations against their strongholds in Sadr City.
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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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Iraqi authorities are holding talks with tribal leaders in the western Anbar province and Baghdadâs tense Sadr city in hopes that militias will hand over their weapons in exchange for a pullback of US troops, Iraqâs vice president said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has agreed to disarm his Iraqi militia and leave a holy shrine but only after a truce with encircling US marines.
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The cleric's followers began handing in weapons Monday, but some plan to continue fighting US forces in Baghdad.
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SHIITE militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr offered today to surrender heavy and medium weapons in return for the release of prisoners and a role in Iraq&#39;s political process, a spokesman for Sadr said.
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A radical cleric prepared to hand control of a shrine at the heart of a Shi'ite uprising in Iraq to religious authorities on Friday, but still rejected demands by the interim prime minister to disband his militia.