Muqtada Sadr and Abdelaziz Hakim reach a deal that aims to end clashes between their militias
October 7, 2007 6:49 am Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Shiite Militiamen in Iraqi Army and Police, Mahdi Army, IraqRival Shiites in Iraq agree to truce - Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2007
BAGHDAD — Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr and his chief rival, Abdelaziz Hakim, reached a truce Saturday to end bloodshed between their loyalists that has killed scores of Iraqis and raised fears of a new front in the Iraq war.
Officials of Hakim’s Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council said the deal was hammered out during a 4 1/2 -hour meeting between the Shiite Muslim leaders, whose militias have been vying for control of oil-rich southern Iraq. Both sides said they would reveal details today.