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Cease-fire decision expected from Muqtada al Sadr
Muqtada al Sadr plans to announce whether to extend the Mahdi Army cease-fire during Friday prayers in Kufa and Sadr City. Officials say the sealed message to clerics was delivered Thursday. the decision could extend the six month halt amid ongoing violence as U S troops remain in Iraq. Thousands of Mahdi Army members marched in Sadr City in a show of force ahead of the expiry.
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