Muqtada al-Sadr Orders 6 Month Militia Activity Suspension
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Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said that his militia needs to take 6 months to reorganize - in recent months, his Mahdi Army has broken into many different factions - and therefore suspended all activity starting today for up to 6 months. In his statement, he specifically said that the suspension included actions against "occupiers" (aka the U.S.). His order came after 52 were killed in fighting in Karbala where Shiite pilgrims had come for a religious event.
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