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On Monday, the battle saw militiamen take control of several districts.

The Diwaniyah clash underlined the growing confidence of Iraq's Shiite
militia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060829/wl_afp/iraq

Iraq agree truce with militia after scores killed

by Jay Deshmukh

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Government forces agreed a truce with Shiite militia
fighters after violent clashes south of Baghdad, as Iraq reeled from a
three-day bout of bloodshed in cities across the country.

And a fuel pipeline exploded in an accident near the town which bore the
brunt of the fighting, killing at least 36 civilians

Since Saturday -- when Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hosted a peace
conference for tribal leaders -- Iraq has been battered by firefights, bomb
attacks and murders, marking one of the most violent periods in recent
months.

Scores of Iraqi soldiers and civilians have been killed, along with 10 US
soldiers, and government forces had to battle to retain control of the
mainly Shiite city of Diwaniyah, 180 kilometres (112 miles) south of the
capital.

Diwaniyah council member Sheikh Ghanim Abid said: "We reached a settlement
with Mahdi Army forces to end the confrontation" that had already left 20
soldiers and 40 militiamen dead.

Shops began to reopen in Diwaniyah on Tuesday and water and electricity
supplies were turned back on, as a tense calm returned to the town. On
Monday, the battle saw militiamen take control of several districts.

The Diwaniyah clash underlined the growing confidence of Iraq's Shiite
militia, some of which have been accused of involvement in sectarian
killings of members the Sunni Arab minority.

Maliki's government has so far been unable or unwilling to rein in the
militias, which are linked to powerful figures in the ruling coalition.

The loosely organised Mahdi Army, for example, is nominally loyal to Sadr,
who has allied ministers in the government and a large parliamentary bloc.

The US military has sporadically clashed with the militias, but has also
faced resistance from Maliki himself, who has criticised nightime raids on
Baghdad's Sadr City, the bastion of the Mahdi Army in the capital.

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