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Iraqi minister cancels truce with Shia militia
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/August/focusoniraq_August173.xml§ion=focusoniraq

DIWANIYAH, Iraq - Iraq’s defence minister declared the army’s truce with Shiite militants in the central city of Diwaniyah null and void on Wednesday and demanded an inquiry into the murder of 13 soldiers. snip

He also said that 13 of the military’s dead had been ‘executed’ by the militia fighters and demanded that this be investigatied while an ‘extraordinary security plan’ be implemented in the city.
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