Al-Sadr abandons Najaf shrine; occupation forces massacre ...
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Dozens of militia fighters loyal to Shiâite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr laid down their arms Friday in front of the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf after their leader turned control of
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite Muslim cleric leading an insurgency in Najaf, is preparing to hand over control of the city&#39;s holy shrine to Iraqi religious authorities after a night of bombing by US forces, Reuters reported.
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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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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 ...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf as part of an arrangement aimed at ending a 2-week-old anti-U.S. uprising centered on the holy site...
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters yesterday to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shi'ite religious authorities, hours after US forces bombed militant positions and Iraq's prime minister made a ''final call&quot; for the cleric's militia to surrender.
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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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Iraqi rebel cleric Moqtada al Sadr has officially handed control of the Imam Ali shrine in the city of Najaf to representatives of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Shrine, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq's top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of devastating fighting in this holy city.    By Friday afternoon, dozens of Iraqi police and national guardsmen surrounded the shrine compound - many kissing its doors and weeping - as the government began to re-establish control over the Old City of Najaf...
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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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[World News] Najaf, Aug 26 : At least 25 people were killed and over 60 wounded when mortars slammed into a mosque where thousands of supporters of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had gathered in the southern Iraqi town of Kufa Thursday, Xinhua reports
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NAJAF The Iraqi police took control of the area around Najaf&#39;s Imam Ali mosque on Friday after militiamen loyal to the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr left the shrine, witnesses said.
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Rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr on Friday renounced control of his shrine stronghold to Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric following a deal with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in Najaf.
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NAJAF, Iraq - With U.S. forces bombing militant positions and gunbattles raging, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities but refused to disband his militia...
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NAJAF, Iraq  -- A two-week uprising centered around a religious shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf may be coming to an end.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A mortar attack on a packed mosque  in the town of Kufa on Thursday killed at least 25 people as  Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric headed to the nearby  holy city of Najaf to try to end a bloody three-week uprising.
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Tuesday: A Shiite insurgency appeared to be weakening as Iraqi forces moved to within 200 yards of the Imam Ali Shrine. Wednesday: Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric returned home with a peace initiative demanding an end to the fighting in Najaf.