A poster featuring a photo of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, the late father of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and prohibiting the use of arms by Mahdi Army militiamen and announcing the creation of a new organization in which they would enroll in religious and social work classes, is seen in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Al-Sadr has ordered his militiamen to disarm but says he will maintain an elite fighting unit to resist the Americans in Iraq, in instructions read out to followers during Friday prayers in Baghdad's former militia stronghold of Sadr City. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

A poster featuring a photo of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, the late father of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and prohibiting the use of arms by Mahdi Army militiamen and announcing the creation of a new organization in which they would enroll in religious and social work classes, is seen in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Al-Sadr has ordered his militiamen to disarm but says he will maintain an elite fighting unit to resist the Americans in Iraq, in instructions read out to followers during Friday prayers in Baghdad's former militia stronghold of Sadr City.

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