Al-Sadr extends Mehdi Army cease-fire

February 22, 2008 – 1:39 pm

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia for another six months, al-Sadr’s office in Baghdad said on Friday.


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