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Article: IRAQ: NEW FIGHTING IN CAPITAL DERAILS PEACE TALKS IN SADR CITY
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- September 8, 2004
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Peyman Pejman
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-08-2004
BAGHDAD, Sep. 7, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- The new outbreak of violence
in Baghdad has shattered ceasefire talks between Shia militants and
the Iraqi government.
Following a successful if fragile ceasefire in the holy city
Najaf, it was hoped that talks in the impoverished Sadr City of
Baghdad would become a model for further negotiations between the
government and followers of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr.
The government of appointed prime minister Iyad Allawi along
with the U.S. military has been engaged in daily talks with leaders
in Sadr City. Many of the million or so Shias here are Sadr
supporters.
The deadlock remained ...