Thursday, March 13, 2008

al-Sard Aid Tells Mehdi Army to Obey Ceasefire

One day the ceasefire is on, the next it's off then it's on again. A few more days of this and no one will know if the ceasefire is on or off. Reuters


KUT, Iraq (Reuters) - A close aide to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's ordered his Mehdi Army militiamen on Thursday to observe a ceasefire after they clashed with Iraqi and U.S. soldiers in the southern city of Kut.

Sadr, whose militia fought two battles against U.S. forces in southern Iraq in 2004, extended a seven-month-old ceasefire last month, but at the weekend issued a statement telling followers they could defend themselves if attacked.
Wait a minute, didn't al-Sadr resign from the Mehdi Army leadership?

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