BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on followers to stop shooting and cooperate with Iraqi security forces Sunday, a move Iraq's government praised as a step toward ending six days of fighting that has left hundreds dead. A Shiite fighter runs toward an Iraqi Army armored vehicle Sunday after clashes near a TV station in Basra. "We announce our disavowal from anyone who carries weapons and targets government institutions, charities and political party offices," al-Sadr said in a nine-point statement issued by his headquarters in Najaf. The statement was accompanied by demands that the Iraqi government issue a general amnesty to his followers and release any being held. The statement was distributed across Iraq and posted on the Internet.
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NEW: Baghdad curfew to be lifted 6 a.m. Monday local time (11 p.m. Sunday ET)
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NEW: Muqtada Al-Sadr orders cooperation with Iraqi security forces
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Al-Sadr demands amnesty for followers, release for those captured
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Nine-point statement followed U.S. airstrikes in Baghdad that left 15 people dead
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More than 100 had been killed in @placeholder as of Sunday, with another 100-plus killed in clashes in other cities in southern Iraq, Iraqi authorities reported.
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Also on Sunday, roadside bombings in northern and western Iraq killed two U.S. troops, while attacks on Iraqi police and others left another 19 dead, Iraqi police and @placeholder military officials reported.