In a statement issued from his Baghdad office, Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr agrees to order his militia to leave the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf , Iraq , after threats by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi 's government to "liberate" it. Al-Sadr further agrees to disband his Jaish-i-Mahdi militia, and enter the "mainstream political process". It remains unclear when the withdrawal will actually take place. (CNN)(Reuters)
