Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr ordered his militiamen to disarm and leave Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, as part of a deal that also calls for US forces to withdraw from the holy city. The deal was brokered by Iraq 's most revered religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani who made a dramatic return to Najaf and persuaded Sadr to accept his peace initiative after an intense day in which at least 76 Iraqis were killed in mortar attacks Thursday, August 26.
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