- NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--
Iraqi Shiite militiamen control the city of Kufa, south of Baghdad, the
New York Times reported on its Web site Sunday, citing witnesses.
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- Those witnesses said armed men loyal to a radical cleric
occupy the town's police stations and checkpoints, according to the Times.
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- The move was part of a coordinated Shiite uprising spreading
across Iraq, according to the Times.
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- In the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, the streets
were lined with armed militiamen, dressed in black. U.S. military tanks
surrounded the area, the Times reported.
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- Witnesses said militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada
Al Sadr had tried to take over three police stations in the poor, mostly
Shiite, Baghdad neighborhood.
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- "There is no use for demonstrations, as your enemy
loves to terrify and suppress opinions, and despises peoples," Sadr
said in a statement distributed by his office in Kufa, according to the
Times.
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- "Terrorize your enemy, as we cannot remain silent
over its violations." he told his followers.
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- Dow Jones Newswires
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