Sunday, September 04, 2005
Iraqi RhetIraq: Moqtada al-Sadr
Who: Moqtada al-Sadr (Shiite Cleric)
Source: Sunday Times
Quotes:
... Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has raised sectarian tension in Iraq by vowing vengeance against Sunnis he blames for the stampede that killed almost 1,000 pilgrims last week in Baghdad.
... al-Sadr claimed in a message from his mosque in al-Kufa, near Najaf, that civil war was already underway.
In a statement to newspapers al-Sadr identified “Ba’athists and Saddamists” and “fanatic sectarians” as likely culprits. “The number of dead is sufficient for us to prove that this incident was organised,” he said. “You should ask about the dirty hands who spilt all this blood.”
“We condemn the view that the occupation’s existence is beneficial because if it ended there would be sectarian war — as if sectarian war has not already begun.”
Source: Sunday Times
Quotes:
... Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has raised sectarian tension in Iraq by vowing vengeance against Sunnis he blames for the stampede that killed almost 1,000 pilgrims last week in Baghdad.
... al-Sadr claimed in a message from his mosque in al-Kufa, near Najaf, that civil war was already underway.
In a statement to newspapers al-Sadr identified “Ba’athists and Saddamists” and “fanatic sectarians” as likely culprits. “The number of dead is sufficient for us to prove that this incident was organised,” he said. “You should ask about the dirty hands who spilt all this blood.”
“We condemn the view that the occupation’s existence is beneficial because if it ended there would be sectarian war — as if sectarian war has not already begun.”
