Powder Keg Meet Match?
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Clyde
4:44 AM
Mosques blare call to arms after Sadr threat of open war in Iraq
Loudspeakers at mosques in Baghdad's Shiite bastion Sadr City blared out a call to arms soon after radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned of a new uprising by his militia, residents said on Sunday.
Iraqi security and medical officials, meanwhile, reported another eight people killed overnight in clashes between militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in the embattled township, where fighting has raged since late March.
"Fight the occupiers -- get them out of your homes," the late-night loudspeaker messages said, according to residents. "They (US) are calling for division. We demand that the siege of Sadr City be lifted."
The messages also urged the Iraqi army "not to fight your brothers."
(So much for the surge)
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