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Iraqis heed cleric’s plea to leave streets after clashes
Armed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital began to withdraw from the streets Tuesday, restoring a measure of calm after a serious escalation of the nation's political crisis.
Al-Sadr appeals for solution to Iraq's political crisis
An influential Iraqi Shiite cleric on April 21 called on the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to help find a solution to the country's simmering political crisis "even through holding early elections."