The BBC reports that Muqtada al-Sadr delivered a conciliatory sermon on Friday: “Mr Sadr called upon the interim government to work to end the occupation according to a timetable set by Iraqi officials, reported a correspondent for Voice of Mujahidin radio present at the sermon. Mr Sadr added that the formation of the government was a good opportunity to bury past differences and ‘forge ahead toward the building of a unified Iraq’.”
The BBC reports that
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June 11, 2004 1:24 p.m.
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