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FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Militia Pulls Out of Police Stations in 3 Towns NAJAF, Iraq — A radical Shiite (search) cleric has pulled his militia out of police stations and government facilities in three cities they took control of last week, partially meeting a U.S. demand for ending the standoff in southern Iraq, the cleric's representative said Monday.
Police on Monday were back on the streets and in their stations in Najaf (search), Kufa (search) and Karbala (search) for the first time in days since the al-Mahdi Army militia of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (search) rose up last week in bloody fighting against U.S.-led forces in much of the south, witnesses said.
Few of the black-garbed gunmen of al-Mahdi Army were seen in Najaf's streets, except around its holy shrines in the center of the city. Militiamen also stayed out of sight in nearby Kufa, and their numbers were lower around their main stronghold in the city, its main mosque. >>> U.S. forces are present near Najaf, say witnesses, who reported seeing U.S. soldiers patrolling the outskirts of the city in past days.
Iraqi Shiite political parties have been holding negotiations with al-Sadr representatives to try to find a peaceful way to end the standoff.
"Al-Sayed al-Sadr issued instructions for his followers to leave the sites of police and the government," said lawyer Murtada al-Janabi, one of al-Sadr's representatives in the talks.
A police officer in Karbala said police forces have taken control of all stations in the city.
"All (police) stations have come again under the command of police and policemen have returned to their offices," said the officer, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Emergency police units are also back on duty."
Over the weekend, a negotiator from the Shiite Islamic Dawa Party presented al-Sadr's side with a letter of conditions from the Americans for ending the crisis.
The demands included the dissolution of the al-Mahdi Army, withdraw from all government facilities and respect for law, according to the Dawa representative, Hameed al-Maliki.
Al-Janabi said al-Sadr's supporters reject the demand that the militia dissolve. Al-Janabi called the demand "ridiculous. Dissolving the al-Mahdi Army would be very difficult."
The surrender of al-Sadr was not among the U.S. conditions mentioned by al-Maliki.

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