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Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Radical cleric orders his militia to disperse

Australian
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today ordered members of his militia to leave the holy cities of Nafaj and Kufa in Iraq unless they live there.

Today’s order fulfilled a key aspect of an agreement meant to end fighting between his militia forces and US troops.

Al-Sadr called on fighters who had come here from other parts of Iraq to help fight the US to return home “to carry on their duties as God wants,” a statement from his office said.

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Although al-Sadr’s forces are still fighting US troops periodically in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, the Americans forced the militia to abandon another Shiite city, Karbala and to accept a truce this month in Najaf and Kufa.
It looks like Muqtada is trying to appease the Shia leadership, but as long as Muqty controlls the profitable holy shrines in Najaf they are unlikely to succumb to his "charms".
Posted by: Zayphar / 6/16/2004 08:11:00 AM
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