Militant Cleric Vows to Continue Fighting Despite Power Handover; Muqtada Al-Sadr Labels the New Interim Iraqi Government Illegitimate

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › July 05, 2004

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The militant Shiite cleric whose uprising last April left hundreds dead pledged Sunday to resist "oppression and occupation" and calling the new interim Iraqi government "illegitimate."

Muqtada al-Sadr made the declaration in a statement distributed by his office in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where his al-Mahdi militia battled American troops until a cease-fire last month.

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Militant Cleric Vows to Continue Fighting Despite Power Handover; Muqtada Al-Sadr Labels the New Interim Iraqi Government Illegitimate

"We pledge to the Iraqi people and the world to continue resisting oppression and o...

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