Najaf’s leaders call on al-Sadr to end standoff
2004-04-22
EFL
Tribal leaders in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf yesterday called on an anti-American gas-bag cleric’s militia to end its futile standoff with U.S. troops. The statement, signed by 25 tribal leaders, was the first direct call by residents of Najaf for Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi’s circus clowns Army to put down its weapons before the Marines eviscerate them with fleshettes.