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Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called for restraint in an apparent bid to exert control over his Mahdi Army militia fighters.
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Qasim al Sudani, an Al Sadr city council member lies on a bed in hospital in Sadr city, Baghdad as relatives and friend stand next to him, on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Sudani is one of three council members who was wounded after a bomb struck a municipal...
