 |
Cleric's aide says Shiites agree to cease-fire in Sadr City
BAGHDAD — An aide to a radical Shiite cleric says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Sadr City.
Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, says the cease-fire will go into effect Sunday. He spoke in the southern city of Najaf on Saturday.
Men gather at the site of an airstrike in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Hospitals in Sadr City reported Saturday that at least 13 people had been killed and 77 wounded in the past 24 hours during the clashes between the US and Iraqi government forces and the Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
|
The cease-fire may not necessarily end clashes in Sadr City, the stronghold of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. U.S. military has blamed clashes on groups who broke away from the main Mahdi militiamen.
___
Copyright 2008, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
|
|
|
