Sadr&#39;s men wait for call to fight
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NAJAF: Since his Shi&#39;ite militia put down their weapons and ended their uprising in Najaf last week, Abdul Sahib has slept in a different house every night, hiding from revenge-seeking residents.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end their uprising against U.S. and Iraqi forces while he considers forming a political movement, senior al-Sadr officials said Monday...
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The rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army militia to halt attacks on coalition and Iraqi Government forces, as aides said he was ready to join the US-backed political process.
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18 August 2004 -- There has been renewed fighting in the Iraqi city of Al-Najaf between US and Iraqi troops and Shi&#39;a militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused yesterday to meet with a delegation of Iraqi political figures that had rushed here from Baghdad with a last-ditch offer for peace, deflating hopes for a quick resolution to the confrontation between Sadr's militia and US and Iraqi security forces.
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A Shi'ite militia was waiting on Monday  for the order from its leader Moqtada al-Sadr to start turning  over its weapons to Iraqi police, a militia source said.
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A new round of talks to cease hostilities in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City has ended in deadlock, with fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr refusing American demands to disband and turn in weapons, both sides said Sunday.
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Amid intermittent clashes in Najaf, talks to end a standoff between US-led forces and militiaman loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr appear to stall.
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Ayad Allawi&#39;s ultimatum yesterday to the rebel Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr - who is holed up with his fighters in the holy city of Najaf - was notable for one thing: the lack of a deadline.
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Fighting between the US and Sadr&#39;s militia continued Monday, but families still arrive in Najaf for burials. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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The American military met for five hours on Sunday with representatives of the rebellious cleric Moktada al-Sadr in the volatile Baghdad Shiite neighborhood of Sadr
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American commanders are preparing new battle plans for breaking Moktada al-Sadr's grip on the holy city of Najaf.
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Shi&#39;a tribal leaders in Baghdad&#39;s Al-Sadr City district met today with Iraqi police and US Army officials for talks on how to restore calm amid almost daily clashes that have killed and injured many people.
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More fighting has been reported in the Iraqi city of Najaf, despite an agreement by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end clashes between his supporters and US-led forces.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Firebrand Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is facing his &quot;final hours&quot; before a military strike unless he meets demands that include renouncing violence and handing in weapons, Iraq&#39;s government said on Thursday.
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Tens of thousands of people massed here Friday to pray and chant slogans in support of the rebellious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. US forces, meanwhile, continued attacks in two Iraqi cities that insurgents control.
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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.