BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Leader of the Shiite Sadrist Trend, Young Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, had left Baghdad for Iran on Saturday, after spending two weeks in Iraq following a long stay in Iran, sources close to his Trend told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, but they did not say whether he would spend a long period there, probably to continue his religious studies in the Shiite Iranian city of Qum.
In a related development, The Los Angeles Times quoted two of Sadr's assistants to have told them that Sadr had left Iraq for Iran, where he would stay for an unlimited period, adding that he "had abolished most of his armed militias," but a close member of Sadr's Trend had expressed expectation that he ould return for Iraq soon. |
