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Deal reached to keep weapons off streets: Sadr City mayor

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Canadian Press


Thursday, January 25, 2007


BAGHDAD - The mayor of Baghdad's Sadr City says he has reached an agreement with political and religious groups to keep weapons off the streets of the heavily populated Shiite militia stronghold and has presented the deal to U.S. and Iraqi government officials in an apparent attempt to avoid a military crackdown on the area.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=39884a3b-33fa-4d3d-a6f3-ed0402d08a83&k=81586


11 posted on 01/25/2007 1:43:06 PM PST by Witchman63
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To: Witchman63

Hopefully that would be a futile attempt.


13 posted on 01/25/2007 1:58:26 PM PST by Just sayin (Is is what it is, for if it was anything else, it would be isn't.)
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