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Iraq's Sadr orders no attacks on US troops before pullout

AFP , Sunday 11 Sep 2011

Shiite Iraqi leader Moqtada Sadr orders his paramilitary group not to launch any attacks on US troops before their complete withdrawal by the end of 2011

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Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks at a news conference in Tehran March 6, 2010 (Photo:Reuters)

Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr has ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before the completion of their pullout from Iraq scheduled for by the end of the year.

"In order that Iraq can recover its independence through the withdrawal of the invaders from our territory, I judge it indispensable to halt all armed reesistance operations until the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces," Sadr said in a statement received by AFP on Sunday.

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