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Sadrs conditions to end fighting

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Iraqi Cleric Al-Sadr Sets Conditions to End Fighting, AFP Says

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose supporters are staging an insurgency in southern Iraq, has set 10 conditions to end clashes with U.S. and Iraqi forces in Najaf, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a spokesman for the rebel leader.

Under the conditions al-Sadr's militias will pull out of Najaf after the withdrawal of all Iraqi and foreign forces from the city, AFP said, citing Sheikh Ali Sumeisim. Al-Sadr also demanded that the Marjayia religious authority take charge of Najaf, home to Iraq's holiest Shiite Muslim shrine, AFP said.

Other conditions included recognizing al-Sadr's militia, known as the Mahdi Army, as an ideological movement with the right to carry weapons for self-defense, AFP reported.

Iraqi and U.S. forces have been fighting militiamen loyal to al-Sadr since last week. The coalition captured 1,200 fighters in Najaf, Iraqi ministers said yesterday.

(AFP, 8-13)



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