Radical Iraq Cleric Confounds U.S. Allies

The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | 10-15-03 | Drew Brown

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Radical Iraq Cleric Confounds U.S. Allies

Knight Ridder Drew Brown

October 15, 2003 (BAGHDAD) -- Coalition officials say a radical young cleric named Moqtader al-Sadr is behind a recent spate of suicide bombings and political assassinations that he is using to try to gain power over Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority. But they have not yet decided how to deal with him for fear of touching off even worse violence.

Coalition officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say they now think that a car bombing Sunday at the Baghdad Hotel was a Sadr-inspired assassination attempt against Mowaffak al-Rubaie, a moderate Shiite physician who sits on Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council. Rubaie, who was in the hotel, was slightly wounded. Six Iraqis, mostly paramilitary police officers, were killed, and at least 36 were injured.

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Blow out his Islamie adipose tissue!

[paul51]

But they have not yet decided how to deal with him

Oh, I think they know how to deal with him.

[John Valentine]

I'd turn the whole issue over to Hakim and Sistani, and tell them that however they want to deal with the problem will be fine with us.