Ceasefire reported in Sadr City, offensive begins against al-Qaeda in Mosul
Shiite groups brokered a reported ceasefire Saturday with militants fighting US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda's main bastion in Iraq.
The ceasefire will go into effect Sunday, said Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The ceasefire may not necessarily end the seven-week old clashes in Sadr City, the stronghold of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, as US Military has blamed clashes on breakaway groups. (AP)
