1.0link94181<![CDATA[Truce Calms Iraq, Weakens Prime Minister]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/31/us-green-zone-attacked-de_n_94181.htmlBAGHDAD — Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives.
The peace deal between al-Sadr and Iraqi government forces _ said to have been brokered in Iran _ calmed the violence but left the cleric's Mahdi Army intact and Iraq's U.S.-backed prime minister politically battered and humbled within...