Iraqi PM calls for talks with rebel leader Sadr
Iyad Allawi's comments came after the new government endorsed a coalition ban on militias. This supports the US position that the cleric's Mehdi Army militia is illegal.
"We are in a new Iraq where nobody can impose his point of view. I invite him (Sadr) to a rational dialogue with respect for the other's point of view so we don't revisit the sombre era of Saddam Hussein," Mr Allawi said.
