Sadr militia to disarm
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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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August 31, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - Rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has told his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces, aides said yesterday.
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Scores of militiamen loyal to rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr put down their weapons in Najaf Friday as thousands of Iraqis streamed into the once-besieged shrine of Imam Ali following an agreement brokered overnight by the top Shiite Muslim religious figure in Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a Shi&#39;ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and leave one of the country&#39;s holiest Islamic shrines after warnings of an onslaught by government forces.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa Friday after agreeing to a peace deal brokered by Iraq's top spiritual leader to end three weeks of bloody fighting.    Al-Sadr issued the order in a statement to his Mahdi Army militia that also was broadcast through loudspeakers at the revered Imam Ali Shrine, which militants have used as a stronghold and refuge throughout their standoff with a combined U.S.-Iraqi force...
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A rebel Shi&#39;ite Muslim militia led by Moqtada al-Sadr pledged on Thursday to disarm in what could be a major advance for US-Iraqi efforts to calm violence in Iraq ahead of elections due in January.
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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.    Al-Sadr's followers remained in control of the walled shrine compound, but kept their guns outside...
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and  Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue  his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said  Monday.
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Description: Militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr leave the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, honoring a peace agreement brokered by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
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Shi&#39;ite militia fighters backing the radical Iraqi cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, are handing in weapons at the start of a deal with the Iraqi interim Government to end months of violence.
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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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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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Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed yesterday to begin handing in weapons, a significant step toward restoring order in Baghdad&#39;s sprawling Sadr City slum
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate told the conference Wednesday.
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Members of a militia group in Baghdad&#39;s impoverished area of Sadr City have agreed to give up their fight against Iraqi and coalition forces and lay down their weapons.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has reportedly accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate told ...