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Residents stand by a generator that was destroyed during clashes in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The fighting erupted Tuesday morning when Iraqi troops tried to enter the district, a stronghold of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Al-Sadr faces a government ultimatum to either disband his Mahdi Army or give up politics.
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Al-Sadr threatens to end cease-fire
By ROBERT H. REID -- Associated Press Writer
(Published April 8‚ 2008)
BAGHDAD (AP) Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Tuesday in his showdown with government, threatening to end formally a seven-month cease-fire unless authorities stop attacks on his followers in Baghdad.
Formally ending the cease-fire could trigger renewed fighting throughout southern Iraq, nine days after a deal brokered in Iran calmed the region. Full Story |
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