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Turban Stirs Up Trouble
EFLUntil now, interactions between the Americans and the Iraqis in Najaf have been calm, free of the random violence rampant in the countryâs Sunni heartland. Why Moktada isnât wearing an orange jumpsuit by now is beyond me. Yeah, I know. Thereâd be a big uprising. But you know what? Heâs already instigating a big uprising. Pay the bill now, or pay it later with interest. I donât think the people who hang out with al Sadr really care about the case that weâre no doubt putting together against him right now. But a sudden storm erupted on Saturday after Moktada al-Sadr, the scion of a clan of beloved clerics and the most vocal supporter of Iranian-style theocracy in Iraq, asserted that American forces were encircling his home. They were bent on arresting him, his aides announced, after an incendiary sermon on Friday in which he rejected the American-appointed Governing Council and called for the formation of an Islamic army. Posted by: 11A5S 2003-07-21 |
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