BAGHDAD A column of Iraqi armor set out on Sunday to test a new truce in the Sadr City area of Baghdad between the militias and the Iraqi government by venturing north on a major thoroughfare that borders the Shiite enclave.
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Baghdad, May 12: Overnight clashes in Sadr city have
killed two people and wounded 25, including five children,
despite a reported cease-fire in the Iraqi capital's sprawling
Shiite Slum, Iraqi health officials said on Monday.
The clashes...
BAGHDAD: Representatives of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in the neighborhood of Sadr City here.
Sadr is thought...
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Get ready for more celebrations of Moqtada al-Sadr in the American media. Earlier today, he signed over control of Sadr City to the Nouri al-Maliki government in Baghdad, effectively ending his grip on any territory in Iraq. In the document,...
While reports so far today point to a ceasefire in Sadr City, Saturday night brought no relief to the residents as US forces continued a heavy bombardment of this community of over 2 million people. The independent Voices of Iraq at Aswat Al...
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