Via the BBC: Iraq’s Sadr extends militia truce

Iraq’s influential Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia.

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However, he did not say whether the 60,000-strong militia would disarm.

According to some reports I heard yesterday he allegedly said that he would consider disbanding if the US military left Iraq.

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