BAGHDAD, April 16, SPA -- Cabinet ministers loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will withdraw from the Iraqi government later Monday, the head of his parliamentary bloc said. Al-Sadr's ministers will «withdraw immediately from theIraqi government and give the six Cabinet seats to thegovernment, with the hope that they will be given toindependents who represent the will of the people,» saidNassar al-Rubaie, head of al-Sadr's bloc, reading astatement from the cleric. Al-Sadr's followers hold six seats in the 37-memberCabinet, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/441430