Many of the Shi'ite gunmen claim loyalty to al-Sadr, but his control over them is unclear

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http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL14782350

Iraq forces urge commitment to Baghdad truce

Wed May 14, 2008 7:54am EDT

* Iraqi forces unhappy truce not being implemented

* Clashes in Baghdad kill 7, wound 28

* Maliki flies to Mosul to review offensive against al Qaeda

(Recasts with Iraqi security spokesman, adds Maliki in Mosul)

By Wisam Mohammed and Waleed Ibrahim

BAGHDAD, May 14 (Reuters) - Iraq's security forces urged the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday to do more to ensure a truce took hold in Baghdad and offered cash rewards for militiamen who gave up their weapons.

Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, said gunmen were still attacking troops in the capital despite a weekend agreement to end nearly two months of fighting that has killed hundreds of people.

Clashes broke out in Baghdad overnight and on Wednesday, police said, killing seven people and wounding 28.

The goal was to disarm the militias, Moussawi said.

Many of the Shi'ite gunmen claim loyalty to the anti-American Sadr, but his control over them is unclear.

"So far we are still at the zero stage. Nothing has been done to implement the agreement on the ground," Moussawi told a news conference.