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Allawi called to broker Sadr cease-fire

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Source: UPI

BAGHDAD, April 21 (UPI) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Monday members of the Sadrist Movement appealed to him to negotiate a cease-fire with U.S. troops in Sadr City.

Allawi made his comments at a news conference Monday with Fattah al-Sheikh of the Sadrist Movement and members of the Shiite Fadhila party in Baghdad.

Allawi said Sadrist lawmakers called on him to intervene Saturday to mediate a cease-fire with the U.S. military and to seek a halt to the construction of a wall around Sadr City, Voices of Iraq reported.

The former prime minister suggested he held various talks with U.S. officials, but declined to provide further details.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2008/04/21/allawi_called_to_broker_sadr_cease-fire/1064/

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