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(27 Aug 2004) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of people on the street, Imam Ali Shrine in the background 2. Mid shot of burnt out car in front of shrine 3. Wide of people entering the shrine 4. Empty courtyard inside shrine 5. More people outside the shrine 6. Empty courtyard inside shrine 7. SOUNDBITE: (arabic) Sheik Ahmed Shaybani, Muqtada al-Sadr spokesman: ''The Al-Mahdi army has left the holy city of Najaf and laid down their weapons. But the al-Mahdi army has not been disbanded as they the authorities had wished. Every fighter has gone back to his province and the holy shrine has been handed back to the care of (Grand Ayatollah Ali) al-Sistani. Everything is back to normal, by the will of God." 8. People at door inside shrine 9. Shaybani and al-Sadr followers leaving the shrine, man waves them goodbye, man closing the door 10. Various exteriors of shrine, people walking around 11. Ambulances on the back streets of the shrine 10. Wide of people walking on the main street in front of the shrine STORYLINE: Followers of militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left the Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine on Friday morning after three weeks of fighting with US and Iraqi troops. Sheik Ahmed Shaybani, Muqtada al-Sadr spokesman confirmed that the Mahdi Army of al-Sadr has left the city and laid down its weapons. "Everything is back to normal" he said adding that the shrine in now under Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's office control. But he stressed that the Mahdi Army had not been dissolved. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...