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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government eased security measures in two Baghdad neighborhoods Saturday that are strongholds of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia — Sadr City and Shula — amid complaints of food shortages nearly a week after the radical Shiite cleric issued a cease-fire order.
Trucks carrying maintenance teams, food and oil products and ambulances are now allowed in the areas, according to a statement issued by Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad’s chief Iraqi military spokesman.
The Associated Press
