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Article: Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's Sadr City Enclave [Correction 5/20/08]
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- The Washington Post
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- May 12, 2008
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Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a
deal took hold to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S.
and Iraqi forces. But U.S. military officials and militia commanders
said that a truce had not yet been reached, underscoring the
fragility of the agreement.
"It is important to emphasize that it is an ongoing dialogue
process," U.S. military spokesman Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll said
Sunday. "It is premature to say there is an agreed-to truce."
Senior commanders of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army
militia said in interviews that they had not yet received orders to
stand down from Sadr or his top aides in the southern holy city of
Najaf. They added that ...