text: Truce fails to soothe Shi'ite fears BAGHDAD -- A week after reaching a truce with Moqtada al-Sadr's rebel militia, a move officials hailed as a breakthrough that would let them bolster security forces and restart reconstruction projects, the interim Iraqi government faces a deepening crisis of confidence among the country's Shi'ite Muslim majority.
inputs: Truce fails to soothe Shi'ite fears BAGHDAD -- A week after reaching a truce with Moqtada al-Sadr's rebel militia, a move officials hailed as a breakthrough that would let them bolster security forces and restart reconstruction projects, the interim Iraqi government faces a deepening crisis of confidence among the country's Shi'ite Muslim majority.