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Al-Sadr Preaches Peace — But Not Toward U.S.

Urges Iraqis to unite against "occupiers"

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2007 5:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – Firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis Sunday to stop killing each other—and join together to rid their country of Americans. On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, he urged both Iraqi forces and insurgents to direct their fight... Read full story »

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Al-Sadr Preaches Peace — But Not Toward U.S.

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