For the second time in a week the U.S. has announced a ceasefire has been reached with Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr who met over the weekend with the country’s leading Shiite leader Ayatollah Sistani. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Times is now estimating 800 Iraqis living in the section of Baghdad known as Sadr City have been killed in fighting over the past few months.
LA Times: 800 Iraqis Dead in Sadr City
HeadlineJun 07, 2004