Iraqi PM vows not to pursue militants laying down arms

By NNN-KUNA

Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, following Muqtada Al-Sadr’s call on his supporters to end military engagement with the government forces, has vowed not to legally pursue all those who lay down their arms.


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“In appreciation of the statement and initiative of Muqtada Al-Sadr, we have instructed a ban on legal questioning on whoever lays down arms and withdraws,” Al-Maliki said in a statement Sunday.

He said Al-Sadr’s call was “positive and it is a step in the right direction.”

Al-Maliki said the military operation in Basra was not targeting a specific political party including Al-Sadr’s, but against the outlaws.

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