Demonstrators hold a picture of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday at a rally. He issued a call for the United States to leave Iraq on the anniversary of Saddam Hussein's fall. Kareem Raheem/ReutersOn Anniversary Of Saddam's Fall, Iraq's Sadr Issues Warning On US Presence -- Christian Science Monitor
Hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied thousands of followers Saturday. Their message: United States civilians as well as troops must leave by the end of the year.
Hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr mobilized tens of thousands of followers Saturday, using the anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime to issue a warning to American civilians as well as soldiers that it was time to go.
Far from Baghdad's Firdous Square, where US Marines helped Iraqis bring down Saddam Hussein’s statue in 2003, the cleric’s supporters marched from Sadr City to Mustansiriya Square, near a major university in northeast Baghdad. Black smoke rose from the square from the burning American flags, and protesters set up a grisly display of Americans in business suits being burned in cages.
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