August 5, 2004

The New York Times > International > Middle East > Rebel Cleric Calls for Uprising as Clashes Erupt in Najaf

Are we better off with this imbecile dead or alive?

"Mr. Sadr, a 31-year-old cleric whose father, Mohammed, was revered by many poor Shiites, has become the leading opponent of the United States Army and interim Iraqi government, though he is a deeply polarizing figure here. Many Iraqis view him as hotheaded, but others believe he is a courageous leader who has risked his life to defy the United States.

"Fight the blasphemous, fight the Americans," Mr. Sadr said in a statement issued in Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad."

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