al-Sadr and Iraq
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Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics
Iraqi officials say unidentified gunmen Friday [April 11th] shot and killed a senior aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern holy city of Najaf. Sadr's Mahdi army forces have been involved in a violent standoff with Iraqi and U.S. forces. Meanwhile in Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated Sadr would not be treated as an enemy of the U.S., if he works within the political process. VOA's Robert Raffaele has the story.
