Followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will run candidates on other party tickets in upcoming Iraqi provincial elections, a top aide said Sunday, in an apparent bid to sidestep what they believe is a government campaign against their movement.
The decision is part of a sweeping change in strategy by the militant cleric as the Shiite-led government gave Shiite militiamen in an al-Sadr stronghold in southern Iraq
four days to surrender heavy weapons or face arrest. (AP)