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Al-Sadr calls for anti-US protests
Muqtada al-Sadr has blamed the US for Iraq's current woes and called for a mass demonstration on April 9 to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall.
The Iraqi Shia leader in a statement on Friday also renewed his call for an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
"Fly Iraqi flags atop homes, apartment buildings and government departments to show the sovereignty and independence of Iraq," al-Sadr said in the statement.
"[Show]that you reject the presence of American flags and those of other nations occupying our beloved Iraq," he said.
Rejecting occupation
"You, oppressed people of Iraq, let the entire world hear your voice that you reject occupation, destruction and terrorism," he said.
The statement was reported to have been read to worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kufa, a holy Shia city south of Baghdad.
The statement is the first by al-Sadr since March 14, when he called on his supporters to resist US forces in Iraq through peaceful means.
Al-Sadr's al-Mahdi army group fought US troops in 2004, but has generally co-operated with an ongoing US-Iraqi security push in Baghdad.
But in his statement al-Sadr blamed the presence of US forces in Iraq for the violence, lack of services and sectarian fighting that continues to plague Iraq.
"I renew my call for the occupier [the US] to leave our land," he said in his statement.
"The departure of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq, victory for Islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and infidels."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1AF65A53-C62D-4EC3-BD15-679FD667EFF4.htm
"Fly Iraqi flags atop homes, apartment buildings and government departments to show the sovereignty and independence of Iraq," al-Sadr said in the statement.
"[Show]that you reject the presence of American flags and those of other nations occupying our beloved Iraq," he said.
Rejecting occupation
"You, oppressed people of Iraq, let the entire world hear your voice that you reject occupation, destruction and terrorism," he said.
The statement was reported to have been read to worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kufa, a holy Shia city south of Baghdad.
The statement is the first by al-Sadr since March 14, when he called on his supporters to resist US forces in Iraq through peaceful means.
Al-Sadr's al-Mahdi army group fought US troops in 2004, but has generally co-operated with an ongoing US-Iraqi security push in Baghdad.
But in his statement al-Sadr blamed the presence of US forces in Iraq for the violence, lack of services and sectarian fighting that continues to plague Iraq.
"I renew my call for the occupier [the US] to leave our land," he said in his statement.
"The departure of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq, victory for Islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and infidels."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1AF65A53-C62D-4EC3-BD15-679FD667EFF4.htm
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