Sadr's movement pulls out of Iraq alliance
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The political movement loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr quit Iraq's ruling Shi'ite Alliance on Saturday, leaving Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in a precarious position in parliament.
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SHIITE militia leader Moqtada Sadr has ceded control of his shrine stronghold to representatives of the religious leadership following a deal with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to end weeks of deadly fighting that has devastated the Iraqi city of Najaf.
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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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Iraq's prime minister is weighing whether to sever his alliance with a radical Shiite cleric blamed for much of the country's sectarian violence, aides said Wednesday. But isolating Muqtada al-Sadr could lead to more deadly attacks, even if the strategy could produce a more stable administration over time.
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NAJAF, AUGUST 27: Militants filed out of the revered Imam Ali shrine and turned its keys over to representatives of Iraqâs top Shiite cleric today in the wake of a peace agreement to end three weeks of fighting with US and Iraqi forces in Najaf.
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The senior Shiite cleric&#39;s spokesman says that Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s army will abandon the Imam Ali shrine today. BY HANNAH ALLAM.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister has issued a &quot;final call&quot; for Shiite militants in the city of Najaf to leave a shrine they have been occupying for weeks. The statement comes a day after their leader, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, sent word that he was ...
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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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The deal calls for the withdrawal of Moktada al-Sadr's fighters from the Imam Ali Shrine and a pullback of U.S. forces.
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Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who has been involved in a two-week battle with US forces, has offered to leave a holy shrine in Najaf.
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NAJAF, Aug. 27. - Militants filed out of the revered Imam Ali Shrine and turned its keys over to representatives of Iraqâs top Shiâite cleric today following a peace agreement to end three weeks of fighting in this holy city.
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The handover is part of a deal to disband Moktada al-Sadr's insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces.
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Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr abandoned the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf Friday, bringing a peaceful end to a three-week battle with U.S. forces.
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Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it is pulling out of Iraq because of escalating violence in the country and danger to its staff.
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Anti-American Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad, a U.S. officials said Tuesday
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BAGHDAD, March 7 -- A small Shiite political party on Wednesday pulled out of the governing Shiite parliamentary bloc that put Iraq's prime minister in power.
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Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended all armed actions by his Mehdi Army on Wednesday to restructure the militia after 52 people were killed in gun battles in the southern city of Kerbala.