Iraqi Government Says Sadr Facing &#39;Final Hours&#39;
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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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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister has issued a &quot;final call&quot; for Shiite militants in the city of Najaf to leave a shrine they have been occupying for weeks. The statement comes a day after their leader, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, sent word that he was ...
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Iraq's government warned Moktada al-Sadr today that he would face a military strike unless he met conditions for ending his uprising.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister said yesterday that efforts to resolve the conflict in Fallujah peacefully had entered their final phase and warned that &quot;our patience is running thin,&quot; vowing to clear the city of militants who have carried out
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The chief spokesman for rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday no deal had been agreed with Iraq's government to end fighting in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum district of Sadr City.
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NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi Cabinet minister said Thursday that Iraqi forces could begin an offensive against Muqtada al-Sadr within hours, despite the firebrand cleric's acceptance of a cease-fire proposal.    Minister of State Qassim Dawoud issued a series of demands al-Sadr must meet to prevent an imminent attack on his forces, who are holed up in the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf...
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BAGHDAD -- A high-ranking US military officer in Iraq said yesterday that the United States thought that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was running out of time to prevent Iraq from dissolving into outright civil war.
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The U.S. and the Iraqi government struggle to contain the truculent cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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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 an uprising, disarmed his  militia and quit a shrine in the city of Najaf.
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Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says his government favors a political solution to the situation in Fallujah -- but warns its patience may run out.
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TONY JONES: Well, in Iraq, both Washington and the interim government are heralding an agreement that could end months of fighting in Baghdad&#39;s restive Shia suburb of Sadr City.
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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 - Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned yesterday his patience is running short over efforts to resolve the standoff in Fallujah peacefully.
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BAGHDAD -- The US ambassador to Iraq warned yesterday that time is running out for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain the burgeoning sectarian bloodshed that threatens to plunge the country into civil war.
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The last remaining civilians in Fallujah were urged by the US military yesterday to leave the city as Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister suggested that an assault was imminent.
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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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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.