Basra Calm as al-Sadr Pulls in Militia

Relative calm was returning to Baghdad and Basra March 31 after radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army off the streets. The move heralded an end to six days of fighting with government troops and led authorities to lift a three-day curfew in Baghdad..
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