BAGHDAD (AP) - A senior Iraqi representative of the Shiite parliamentary bloc says a committee is meeting representatives of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to get his fighters in Sadr City to lay down their arms.
Jalal Eddin al-Sagheer of the United Iraqi Alliance, the largest bloc in parliament which includes Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party, says the committee will tell al-Sadr that wanted militants must surrender and roadside bombs cleared.
A female Shiite lawmaker from al-Sadr's bloc, Gufran al-Saadi, added Thursday that they have no problems with the Iraqi army but demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces and an end to U.S. attacks on militants in Sadr City.