Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sadr truce amended

|
|
 
  
Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:24 AM

BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A ruling member of the Shiite coalition United Iraq Alliance and the Sadrist bloc added two additional points to a formal truce.

Haider al-Abbadi said the truce included an additional point regarding the prohibition of inflammatory or incendiary media statements against the government. Another amendment concerned the establishment of an ad hoc committee to vet complaints against security forces, Voices of Iraq reported Monday.

Abbadi said Iraqi military units would patrol Sadr City as the official security force four days after the signing of the truce Monday.

"Security forces, after those four days expire, would be deployed in all neighborhoods of Sadr City. They should not be resisted or fought," he said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he would compensate residents of Sadr City who suffered losses during the latest clashes there and vowed to launch a large-scale reconstruction campaign to bring vital services back online.

Iran brokered a cease-fire between the Maliki government and forces loyal to the Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr during the weekend. The agreement includes acknowledging that Iraqi national forces are the sole unit responsible for security decisions in Iraq.

Topics: Sadr City, Nouri al-Maliki
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The making of the Oscars The Chicago Auto Show Mercedes-Benz fashion week In New York
Tu Bishvat Migron settlement The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China The White House Science Fair
Additional Special Reports Stories
1 of 21
President Obama Signs Smuggling Prevention Act at White House
View Caption
fark
All fifth graders who want to go see "Red Tails" please step forward. Whoa not so fast there girls...
If we timewarped back by 2000 years, what job would you be most qualified to do? No, you can't bring...
BAD: getting caught in a landslide while hiking. WORSE: getting struck by lightning while trying...
Weepy eyes, hot chix, Jersey Shore Ronnie and a guy with mini fishing reels stuck in his beard....
French roadbuilders find 21 German WWI soldiers...and 1 goat
Photoshop this crazy old coot in the cold