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 [Newslinks] (Iraq) Shiite bloc says Sadr City cease-fire signed with Sadrists...: (Iraq) Shiite bloc says Sadr City cease-fire signed with Sadrists.

[Control Congress] Cleric’s Aide: Shiites Agree to Cease-Fire in Sadr City: […] Free Campaign websites, Free Candidate Search engine, 24/7 elections and politics wrote an interesting post today on Cleric’s Aide: Shiites Agree to Cease-Fire in Sadr CityHere’s a quick excerptWill this last? FOX- An aide to a powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Sadr City.

 [Global News Blog] Iraq - Signs of normalcy in Iraq’s Sadr City amid cease-fire (AP ...: By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City as the country’s army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida’s main bastion in Iraq. Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said the cease-fire will go into effect Sunday.

 [Home from Newser] Shiite Militants Agree to Sadr City Cease-Fire: In this April 9, 2008 file photo, militiamen loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr wave their weapons in the street of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq.   (AP Photo)

[Silobreaker Feed] Shiite militants, Iraqi government agree cease-fire in Baghdad's ...: Shiite groups brokered a reported ceasefire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive .- [

 [truthout] Sadr City Residents Fear a Cease-Fire Means More Violence:     Baghdad - One day after an agreement between followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr and the Iraqi government to end more than six weeks of fighting, the streets in parts of the vast Shiite slum of Sadr City were deserted, amidst signs of a battle. Wires snaked out of potholes and from underneath tires - signs of past or future roadside bombs;

 [Politics on HuffingtonPost.com] Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City: BAGHDAD ”” Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq.

 [Global News Blog] Iraq - US: Iraq Al Qaeda chief not captured (Chicago Tribune): By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City as the country’s army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida’s main bastion in Iraq. Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said the cease-fire will go into effect Sunday.

 [Wired: Danger Room] Iraqi Troops Subdue Basra: 'I Walked, Ran and Crawled into Central Basra'; Sadr Calls for Cease-Fire? Fighting Spreads Across Baghdad; US Bombs Over Basra; US Teams Up with Iran in Basra? Basra: Shi'ite Militias Clash; Brits Bail, Basra Burns (Updated) ...

 [Global News Blog] Iraq - Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out? (New York Review of Books): Word of the breakthrough came as the Iraqi military announced the start of crackdown against Sunni extremists in the northern city of Mosul. The Iraqi government and representatives of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr said today they had struck a deal to end weeks of fighting in a Baghdad slum that has killed hundreds of people.

 [SWJ Blog] 11 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup: Assuming that the international community may well face future operations characterized by regional, borderless “wars among the people”, the centres at Queen’s University and their partners propose convening a distinguished group of approximately 200 experts from academic, military, governmental, and international institutions to examine how best to prepare commanders, military units and governments to plan for and conduct complex, multi-dimensional stability campaigns in this new environment.

[The Strata-Sphere] Propaganda Runs Rampant As Iran, Islamicists And The Liberal ...: In Iraq we have an opportunity to leave that country free and democratic, and the only thing keeping us there is al-Qaeda and Shiite Islamo Fascists like the Mahdi Army. I have never understood why the Islamo Fascists would not just let Iraq set up their new democracy and then try to win the hearts of the Muslim street through the democratic process - until I realized these fascists were as addicted to killing and oppression as their Nazi counterparts were nearly a century ago.

 [Marinas Blog] Pick Up That Hammer: AP - A senior Shiite lawmaker says a Sadr City cease-fire has been signed in an effort to stop fighting. Kitesurfing Equipment Pro Audio/ Equipment HellRaiser Action Figures Marshall Guitar Amplifiers Amps Cheer Bear.

 [Finlays Blog] Secrets of Perfume Ingredients: A woman reacts at the scene of an airstrike in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City AP - Militants were withdrawing from the streets and shops were reopening in Baghdad’s Sadr City on the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite .

[Untitled] Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Has No Control Over Mahdi Militias: In recent weeks, Iraqi and American commanders have said that much of the fighting has been carried out by Iranian-backed “special groups” that appear to have little interest in reconciling with the Iraqi government despite assertions from Iranian officials that they are encouraging a peaceful outcome.

[Answer To The Question Resources] Tenuous Cease-Fire Takes Hold in Sadr City: A truce is in place in Baghdad’s Sadr City, where more than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting that has waged for the last six weeks. NPR’s Ivan Watson talks about the pause in the violence and his visit to the main checkpoint between the Shiite slum and the rest of Baghdad.

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