al-Sadr Calls For Dialogue In Iraq

There is a story being reported currently that Muqtada al-Sadr would like a dialogue with the Iraqi government, which could be a positive outcome to the current violence between his militia, and the Iraq & American Troops.

The story indicates that aides to Muqtada al-Sadr have called Monday for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders ordered it.

The overture came as Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City faced continued clashes between al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia fighters and Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces.

Also Monday, a U.S. soldier was killed by small-arms fire after a roadside bombing in Baghdad, the military said, pushing the two-day American death toll to at least eight. The attack occurred in an eastern section of the capital which has been the site of the fiercest clashes since al-Sadr ordered a cease-fire a week ago Sunday.

There has got to be some top level talks with al-Sadr by "Our" government, because this man is the person who can make or break that nation, and so far all we have done is push him closer and closer to Iran, as his hatred of "Us" has grown since the liberation (invasion) of Iraq. Let's sit down with him, get a deal done, and come home!! I know it is not as "simple" as that, but it can be done, if we choose to do it!!

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