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Jan. 7, 2008 / 1:08 PM

Flynn: Southern Iraq improving

Radical Shiite Cleric and coalition fugitive Moqtada Sadr gives Friday prayers at a mosque in the small Iraqi town of Kufa on Aprile 23, 2004. Sadr threatened to launch suicide attacks if U.S. troops attack him and his forces in the holy city of Najaf. (UPI Photo/Mitch Prothero)

Radical Shiite Cleric and coalition fugitive Moqtada Sadr gives Friday prayers at a mosque in the small Iraqi town of Kufa on Aprile 23, 2004. Sadr threatened to launch suicide attacks if U.S. troops attack him and his forces in the holy city of Najaf. (UPI Photo/Mitch Prothero) | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Col. Charles Flynn Monday credited Moqtada Sadr's decision to stand down with reducing the number of attacks on soldiers in Iraq.

During a Pentagon briefing, Flynn said there had been significant progress in stabilizing southern Iraq since July.

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"Jaish al-Mahdi has lost significant public support in southern Iraq, and as a result we expect Moqtada Sadr to take a more active role in the political arena," Flynn said.

Flynn said Sadr's change in direction has led to fractures within his Mahdi army, decreasing the threat.

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