Clerics Urge U.S. to Quit Iraq

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Can't say we weren't warned now.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clerics from across the Muslim sectarian divide blasted the U.S. occupation of Iraq in Friday prayers as guerrilla hit-and-run attacks in the center of the country inflicted more American casualties. snip

Chanting "Yes for Islam, No to America," more than 5,000 worshippers held prayers in open air at a street in northern Baghdad's Sadr City, where U.S. forces shot dead one Iraqi and wounded four during a protest earlier in the week.

"What happened (in Sadr City) clearly shows that America and international Zionism have declared war against Islam," Sheikh Abdul Hadi al-Daraji said.

"We tell you, the whole world and the United States of America that the sons of Iraq will retaliate twice as hard against anyone who attacks us or our sacred symbols."


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