Kurdish lawmakers up female quota; Sadr calls for post-election calm; Iraqi VP calls for fewer arrests.

BAGHDAD, March 25 (UPI) -- The head of Moqtada Sadr's political party said Tuesday the bloc would boycott legislative meetings until Iraqi forces halted operations against them.

BASRA, Iraq, March 25 (UPI) -- Leaders of the political party loyal to the Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called for a civil disobedience campaign Tuesday in protest of raids targeting the group.

BAGHDAD, April 16 (UPI) -- Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr ordered his 32 members of parliament to withdraw from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition government Monday.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A senior aide to Iraq's Shiite political and militia leader Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday denied U.S. claims Sadr had fled to Iran fearing for his safety.