'If there is no change in three months, there will be war again'
The Iraqi government fears ceding power to the Awakening movement which
it sees as an American-funded Sunni militia, whose leaders are often former
military or security officers from Saddam Hussein's regime and are unlikely
to show long-term loyalty to the Shia and Kurdish-dominated administration.

Iraq's Sadrists Seek to End Cease-Fire
Al-Sadr's August order for his feared Mahdi Army militia to freeze activities
for six months was seen by U.S. commanders as a major factor in a nationwide
reduction of violence.


5 U.S. troops killed in Mosul

Interrogator Shares Saddam's Confessions