Militants continue to pound Baghdad's Green Zone

Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone came under renewed attack today, less than 24 hours after anti-Western Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr told his forces to stand down following a week of clashes with government security forces.

Al-Sadr’s order stopped short of disarming his fighters and left the militia intact in a blow to the credibility of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, who flew to the southern city of Basra a week ago to personally oversee a crackdown on militia violence.