Shi&#39;ite Fighters Begin Disarming in Baghdad
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A Shi&#39;ite militia disarmament plan that could end weeks of fighting in Baghdad got off to a slow start on Monday as Iraq&#39;s interim government pursued peace talks with the rebel-held Sunni Muslim city of Falluja.
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Baghdad. I combattenti dell&#39;Esercito del Mehdi di Sadr City, il quartiere di Baghdad roccaforte della guerrigliera sciita, hanno iniziato a consegnare le loro armi nei punti di raccolta allestiti dal governo ad interim iracheno.
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BAGHDAD Militiamen loyal to the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr surrendered hundreds of weapons Monday, in what appeared to be an encouraging first step in a deal with the Iraqi government and the American military to end months of fighting in the eastern
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Iraqi and coalition forces killed five "terrorists" and detained a "suspected terrorist cell leader" with links to Iran's weapons and training network during raids Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the U.S. military said. The raids came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr made his first public appearance in four months. Sadr City is a stronghold of his Mehdi Army militia.
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U.S. forces killed more than 50 Shi'ite  militiamen on Wednesday in a significant advance into a Baghdad  suburb that is a powerbase for radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,  the military said.
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Shi'ite militia have set fire to an oil  well in southern Iraq, Baghdad said Monday, adopting a new  tactic in the uprising against U.S. forces and the new Iraqi  government.
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Iraq&#39;s plans to hold elections in January have gained traction after a Shi&#39;ite militia agreed to disarm in Baghdad and delegates from rebel-held Falluja said the Sunni Muslim city wanted to vote in the polls.
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19 August 2004 -- An Iraqi government official has said a military offensive against Shi&#39;ite militiamen loyal to Shi&#39;a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Al-Najaf will begin in &quot;hours&quot; unless they disarm.
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A radical Shiite militia agreed on Saturday to hand in weapons and suspend attacks against US and Iraqi forces, as the government has tried to use carrots and sticks to curb a mounting insurgency throughout the country.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shi'ite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government is engaged in cease-fire talks with Sunni and Shi&#39;ite leaders in an effort to restore calm to violent parts of Iraq before January&#39;s scheduled election.
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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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Baghdad, Iraqâ Residents of Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City district slowly began to turn in weapons Monday, the first step in a process that US and Iraqi officials hope will lead to a permanent end to fighting in the insurgent-controlled slum.
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A series of car bombs killed 30 people and wounded 95 in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in Baghdad on Thursday and gunmen mounted an audacious daylight raid on a Shi'ite-run government ministry.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq&#39;s Defence Ministry has ordered Shi&#39;ite militiamen in Najaf to immediately lay down their weapons and leave a holy shrine in the city.
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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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More than 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops began major operations in a Shi'ite militia bastion in Baghdad on Sunday, meeting little resistance as they searched homes for illegal weapons and carried out patrols.