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Moqtada denies forming Islamic cabinet
An anti-occupation Iraqi cleric has denied that his 'alternative cabinet' is an Islamic government as attacks targeting the US-backed Iraqi police force continue.
| "No, no! It's... ummm... something else." |
Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadrâs cabinet is not exclusive to clerics and Muslims, said the outspoken leader's chief public relations officer Shaikh Hasan al-Zirqawi on Sunday.
| How do you say "wotta putz!" in Arabic? |
But the rival cabinet must be under Muslim religious supervision, said al-Zirqawi.
| Oh, yasss! Of course! Who could expect any different? |
In his last Friday sermon in the southern town of Kufa, al-Sadr announced the formation of a rival cabinet to that installed by the US-appointed Governing Council. âI have decided and I have formed a government made up of several ministries, including ministries of justice, finance, information, interior, foreign affairs, (religious) endowments and the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice,â he said. Al-Sadr called on those who supported his cabinet to demonstrate peacefully. Al-Sadr heads the Mahdi army militia, made up of thousands of supporters. He was ignored by the US occupying administration in the formation of a Governing Council, on which he is not represented.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-10-12 |
