Sadr snubs Iraq peace overtures

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday refused to hold talks with Iraqi lawmakers who had gone to Iran in a bid to end the clashes between his fighters and troops, an aide told AFP.

"Moqtada al-Sadr did not permit his leaders to meet the Iraqi delegation," said Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, the cleric's spokesman in the central holy city of Najaf.

"Sadr insists that the crisis can be solved only through a parliamentary initiative backed by president Jalal Talabani and speaker Mahmud Mashhadani."

Obeidi did not elaborate, but Talabani has been holding talks with Sadrists to resolve the crisis.



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1. Jalal Talabani?

Isn't he a shill why would Al Sadr do anything with this man?