Source: Monsters and Critics.com (Original Article)
Middle East News
Baghdad seeks dialogue with cleric al-Sadr; calm in south (Roundup)
Apr 20, 2008, 15:03 GMT
Baghdad - The Iraqi government is not targeting followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and is seeking to open a dialogue with his political group, a cabinet spokesman said Sunday.
An Iraqi boy at the scene of a U.S. air strike in Baghdad’s Sadr City, Iraq, 18 April 2008. The US attack follows a tense situation between Iraqi forces and supporters loyal to Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as Shia militants continue to fight US and Iraqi forces in Sadr city. Iraqi troops reportedly surrounded the Basra office of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s followers on Friday, a move likely to further increase tensions. EPA/SHEHAB AHMED
The statement comes a day after al-Sadr threatened to launch an open war ‘until liberation’ unless the government halted its offensive against hi...
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