<bleeding_heart> Posted April 12, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 12, 2004 A radical Shiite cleric pulled his gunmen out of police stations and government facilities in the holy city of Najaf and neighbouring Kufa today. The move partially met a US demand for ending the stand-off in southern Iraq. Police were back on the streets and in their stations for the first time in days since the al-Mahdi Army militia of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took control last week. Few of the black-garbed gunmen of al-Mahdi Army were seen in Najaf?s streets, except around its holy shrines in the centre of the city, where al-Sadr?s main office is located. Al-Sadr, who US forces have vowed to capture, is thought to be in the office. In nearby Kufa, police were back in the main police station. Few al-Sadr gunmen were in the streets there, and their numbers were lower around their main stronghold in the city, the main Kufa mosque, witnesses said. ?Al-Sayed al-Sadr issued instructions for his followers to leave the sites of police and the government,? said lawyer Murtada al-Janabi, one of al-Sadr?s representatives in negotiations to end the US stand-off with al-Sadr. The Americans, who are not taking part in the talks, also demand the dissolution in the al-Mahdi Army. Al-Janabi said al-Sadr?s supporters reject the demand that the militia dissolve. He called the demand ?ridiculous. Dissolving the al-Mahdi Army would be very difficult.? Al-Sadr?s militia launched a bloody uprising on April 4, attacking US and coalition troops in Baghdad and cities across the south. Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearfulone Posted April 12, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Any news on the American that was kinapped yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<bleeding_heart> Posted April 12, 2004 Author #3 Share Posted April 12, 2004 http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...ST&f=63&t=14785 Being well treated apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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