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Surf n Turf · 03-31-2008, 14:08

BAGHDAD - Fighters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have melted away from the streets of the Iraqi capital and Basra where they fought fierce battles with security forces, AFP reporters said today.
Yesterday, Sadr ordered his fighters to withdraw from the streets in a move signaling the end of clashes which erupted in the southern port city of Basra and quickly spread to Shiite areas across Iraq.
AFP correspondents in Baghdad and Basra said that militants were off the streets in the two key cities where they fought Iraqi security forces backed by US-led coalition air power.
The Sadr group in Baghdad confirmed that fighters from the cleric’s feared ?? Mahdi Army militia were no longer deployed in the capital.

http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=737340

Highlighting / Question Marks are mine

TR, You may be right.
This may have been a “confidence building” exercise (on several levels)

SnT

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Surf n Turf Guerrilla Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In the Woods Posts: 882	Sadr fighters raise white flag BAGHDAD - Fighters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have melted away from the streets of the Iraqi capital and Basra where they fought fierce battles with security forces, AFP reporters said today. Yesterday, Sadr ordered his fighters to withdraw from the streets in a move signaling the end of clashes which erupted in the southern port city of Basra and quickly spread to Shiite areas across Iraq. AFP correspondents in Baghdad and Basra said that militants were off the streets in the two key cities where they fought Iraqi security forces backed by US-led coalition air power. The Sadr group in Baghdad confirmed that fighters from the cleric’s feared ?? Mahdi Army militia were no longer deployed in the capital. http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=737340 Highlighting / Question Marks are mine TR, You may be right. This may have been a “confidence building” exercise (on several levels) SnT __________________ Die Gedanken sind frei Democrats would burn down this country as long as they get to rule over the ashes The FBI’s credibility was murdered by a sniper on Ruby Ridge; its corpse was burned to ashes outside Waco; soiled in a Delaware PC repair shop;. and buried in the basement of Mar-a-Lago.. Last edited by Surf n Turf; 03-31-2008 at 15:55. Reason: Added source
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