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Sadr renews demand for US forces to leave Iraq

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose whereabouts
remain a mystery three weeks after US commanders said he had fled to Iran,
renewed his demand on Thursday that US forces should leave Iraq.

In a message distributed by his office in Najaf to mark Friday's Arbaeen
religious holiday, Sadr told his countrymen: "Raise your voices shouting
'No, no to America. No, no to Israel'. Use this great occasion to demand the
occupier leaves our dear Iraq so that we could live in independence and
stability."

Nevertheless, the Shiite leader called for unity rather than revenge on
Sunnis, telling Iraqis: "I beg God to unite you and distance you from the
spectre of sedition and sectarian war."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestsadr_070308121053

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