Baghdad, August 30
Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr today ordered a nationwide ceasefire and announced his militant movement would join the political mainstream, one of his aides said in Baghdad.
“The commander of the Sadr movement, leader Moqtada Sadr, announced today in Najaf the end of all fighting in the whole of Iraq and the integration of his movement in the political process,” Sheikh Naim al-Qaabi said.
The firebrand cleric has spearheaded the largest rebellion against US troops and Iraqi government forces since the fall of Saddam Hussein last year.
— AFP
