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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Anti-U.S. cleric offers Iraq government help after bombings Reuters - Sunday, April 25 Send IM Story Print By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD - Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr offered to help the Iraqi government maintain security and urged restraint after bombings targeting Shi'ites killed 56 people in Baghdad in an apparent backlash by Sunni insurgents. Sadr's offer of the use of his Shi'ite paramilitary Mehdi Army late Friday was made at a sensitive time for Iraq following a March election that produced no clear winner and left a power vacuum for insurgents to exploit. Protracted talks on forming a government in 2006 led Iraq to the verge of sectarian civil war. The Mehdi Army played a major role in violence against Sunnis during the conflict. Sadr had ordered his militia to lay down their weapons and turn to social work. But if the Mehdi Army is reactivated, it could raise tensions when Iraq's security situation is still fragile and U.S. troops aim to withdraw by the end of 2011. "I offer my readiness to provide hundreds of believers...to be formal brigades in the Iraqi army or police to protect shrines, mosques, markets, houses and cities," Sadr said in the statement. It was up to the government whether to accept his offer, he said. Sadr reiterated his backing for a cross-sectarian government and called for restraint following Friday's attacks. "I call on the Iraqi people to practice self restraint and not to be dragged into malicious American plots that want to drag Iraq into war and fighting," his statement read. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh declined to comment on Sadr's statement. 'NOT AN INVITATION TO TAKE UP ARMS' The bloodshed that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion has lessened but tensions were stoked by last month's election. The cross-sectarian Iraqiya alliance of former prime minister Iyad Allawi backed by Iraq's Sunni Arab minority won the most seats, coming just ahead of the mainly Shi'ite State of Law coalition headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Neither coalition won a majority in the 325-seat parliament. Sadr's party won some 40 seats in the election, making him a potential kingmaker in talks on forming a government. Sunnis dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein and their frustration at the ascendancy of Shi'ites after the 2003 invasion helped fuel a fierce insurgency. Friday's blasts hit different areas of Baghdad, including Shi'ite Muslims at midday prayer outside Sadr's main office. Officials said the attacks were aimed at stoking sectarian tensions and were in revenge for a series of recent blows against al Qaeda in Iraq, including killing its two leaders. "We call on our people and national patriotic political powers to adhere to national unity," Maliki said after Friday's attacks. Iraqiya blamed the attacks on a fragile security situation and urged the quick formation of a government. " call on all political parties, whether they won the election or not, to work together and expedite forming a new government," it said in a statement Saturday. Hakim al-Zamili, a senior member of Sadr's party, said the cleric's statement was an invitation to cooperate with the government rather than reactivating the Mehdi Army. "This is not an invitation to the Mehdi Army to take up arms," he said. Hameed Fadhel, an analyst at Baghdad University, said Sadr's statement was directed mainly at Maliki's government for its "failure to protect the people." Sadr opposes a second term for Maliki, who sent troops backed by U.S. forces to crush the Mehdi Army in 2008. Adel Kadhim, an Iraqi political analyst, said Sadr's move showed he wants to use his political power instead of violence. "The rules of the game have changed, Sadr has learned from the lessons of the past," he said. But Iraqi political analyst Ibrahim al-Sumaidaie predicted more violence. "What I fear is the reaction of the man in the street," he said. 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