Wednesday, March 14, 2007
U.S. say al-Sadr remains in Iran
Security, Politics
(AP) The U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday that all indications showed that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr remained in Iran. The anti-American religious leader, who heads the Mahdi Army militia, was first reported by the Americans to be absent from Iraq on Feb. 13, when the latest U.S.-Iraq security drive opened in Baghdad.
COMMENT: Unsubstantiated information has reported sighting of Mahdi Army soldiers active in Iraq. Whether these are true to Al-Sadr or rogue off-shoots of his force is not known at this time. Al-Sadr himself was reported giving a statement in Najaf last week again asking the foreign forces to leave Iraq, and at the same time encouraging restraint among the Shite pilgrims who had been bombed over the weekend. COMMENT ENDS.
Labels: Iran, Moqtada Al-Sadr
