Archive for August 29th, 2007

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Due to a family emergency…

The second NWBloggers.com link-o-rama will be tomorrow.  Sorry!

First one: http://nwbloggers.com/2007/08/22/1st-ever-nwbloggerscom-link-o-rama/

Update: 2nd NWBloggers.com Link-O-Rama…

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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

al Sadr Declares Suspension of Mahdi Army Hostilities Against US

Daily Work IconAP is reporting that Muqtada al-Sadr has issued a statement announcing a 6 month suspension of his Mahdi Army's activities as an armed militia hostile to "occupiers" and other factions.  The stated aim is to restructure and "rehabilitate" itself into a faction that can be acceptable within an Iraqi political framework.  The AP story has changed three times within the last 45 minutes, so this story is still breaking with new details being added.

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