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Article: Al sadr suspends attacks by mahdi army militia
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- Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2007
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Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al Sadr has ordered a six-month suspension
of activities by his Mahdi Army militia in order to reorganise the
force, an aide said.
The aide, Sheikh Hazim al Araji, said on Iraqi state television
that the goal was to "rehabilitate" the organisation, which has
reportedly broken into factions, some of which the US maintains are
trained and supplied by Iran.
"We declare the freezing of the Mahdi Army without exception in
order to rehabilitate it in a way that will safeguard its ideological
image within a maximum period of six months starting from the day
this statement is issued," al Araji said, reading from a statement by
al Sadr.
In Najaf, al Sadr's spokesman said the ...