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May 10th, 2008
Posted: 11:05 AM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s movement agreed to a cease-fire to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, spokesmen for both sides said Saturday. The 14-point agreement will “impose the state’s authority and security … in Sadr City,” Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Saturday. It will end the militias’ armed presence in the sprawling eastern Baghdad slum, he said, and clear the district of roadside bombs and mines that the United Nations Children’s Fund says has rendered many roads inaccessible. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, an al-Sadr spokesman, told CNN the cease-fire will go into effect no later than Sunday morning. |
 
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