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April 08, 2008

Iraq: Al-Mahdi army offers to lay down its arms

Link: Iraq: Al-Mahdi army offers to lay down its arms - Times Online.

This is very significant. We should pray that a similar humility to that being exercised by al Sadr be shown by those who want to make capital out of this. No good will be done by rubbing his face in the dirt.

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