. "Ceasefire agreement signed. Iraqi government forces allowed to enter and patrol Sadr City" . "Mahdi Army" . . . "Pre Occupation Iraqi Armed Forces" . . . . "The Siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by U.S. and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent Mahdi Army in Baghdad. The siege began in April 2004 with an uprising against the Coalition Provisional Authority following the government banning of a newspaper published by Muqtada Al-Sadr's Sadrist Movement."@en . . . "6,000 \u2013 8,000 (U.S. military estimate)" . "Siege of Sadr City"@en . "United States" . "10,000+ (Iraqi Security Forces)" . "2004-04-04Z"^^ . "May 2008" . "Iraqi security forces" .