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Sadr Consults with Clerics about Disbanding Mahdi Army
As General David Petraeus prepares this week's testimony to Congress, the Green Zone is under deadly rocket attack. But the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has offered to disband his Mahdi Army if the highest Shi'ite religious authority demands it. Liz Sly is Baghdad bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAs General David Petraeus prepares this week's testimony to Congress, the Green Zone is under deadly rocket attack. But the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has offered to disband his Mahdi Army if the highest Shi'ite religious authority demands it. Liz Sly is Baghdad bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune.
