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Protests Against al-Sadr in Najaf Today
By Andrew L. Jaffee, September 10, 2004 |
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Around 1,000 people held a demonstration today in Najaf, Iraq against the Islamist terrorist leader Muqtada al-Sadr. The protestors demanded that al-Sadr and his thugs get out of town. They also requested that Iraq’s interim government investigate the kangaroo court that al-Sadr had set up in Najaf during his reign of terror. After Iraq’s top Shiite, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, pressured al-Sadr to give up control of Najaf, police made a horrid discovery there: At least 10 "charred and bloated" bodies have been found at a court run by Najaf revolt leader Moqtada Sadr. This is at least the third time brave Iraqis have taken to the streets to protest against al-Sadr. On May 21, over 2,000 Iraqis held a demonstration in the nearby city of Karbala against this thug's illegal control over Najaf. On May 11, about 1,000 moderate Shiite Muslims protested against al-Sadr in Najaf. |