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They held up once-unknown tribal wow leaders and hailed them as the new local leaders of Iraq . Most notably, firebrand world of warcraft Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr announced a six-month cease-fire, telling his followers to stop attacking Sunnis and end their battle for control of the capital. That month, U.S. troop deaths fell warcraft gold to 84 and the decline continued through the remainder of the year. Iraqi civilian deaths also fell. In August, 206 wow gold Baghdadis died in bombings and explosions; the next month that figure fell by 22 percent. By November, the figure had dropped to 76, a 63 percent drop from August. In the first 26 days of December, 76 Baghdadis died in explosions; 103 unidentified bodies were buy wow gold found in the streets— that number had been 428 in August. Not all Baghdad residents are convinced that violence is becoming a thing of the past. 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