Sadr Aide Tells Iraq Militia to Cease Fire -- TV
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BEIRUT, Lebanon  - A top aide to Iraq's rebel  Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on the Mehdi Army militia  Monday to cease fire across Iraq and said Sadr was preparing to  announce plans for a major political program.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today urged his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa. The call came after Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this
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A hitherto unknown Islamist group has threatened to kill 18 captured Iraqi soldiers if authorities do not release an aide to Shi&#39;ite rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr within 48 hours, Arab television Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
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SHIITE radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr today ordered a nationwide ceasefire and announced his militant movement would join the political mainstream, one of his aides said in Baghdad.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - An Iraqi peace delegation urged a  radical Shi'ite cleric to call off his uprising in the city of  Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops pounded militia positions near  the country's holiest Islamic sites.
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Rebel Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on US 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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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws" under a U.S.-backed crackdown, Iraq's president said on Thursday.
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At least one person is killed apparently heeding a top Iraqi cleric's call to march on Najaf, where a stand-off continues.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's government warned Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday he would face a military  strike within hours unless he ended his uprising, disarmed his  militia and quit a shrine in the city of Najaf.
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Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti-U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could jeopardize recent security gains.
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Moktada al-Sadr has told Iraqi leaders that he is planning to disband his militia and possibly field candidates for office.
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Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.
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Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his feared Mehdi Army on Thursday to maintain its six-month ceasefire as members of the militia clashed with U.S. and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 30: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr on Monday ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and said he would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict.
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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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Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his fighters to lay down arms and leave the holy city of Najaf. It follows a deal brokered by Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric that ended weeks of violence.