http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031010/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_shiite_cleric&cid=1514&ncid=1473BAGHDAD (AFP) - More than 10,000 people shouted no to America in the squalid district of Sadr City before the funeral procession of two Shiites killed in a firefight a day earlier with coalition soldiers.
"Yes to the martyrs, no to America, no to the Governing Council," prayergoers roared Friday as the two coffins of the dead were held aloft before the outdoor crowd by the offices of young nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr.
The funeral procession then spilled into the street carrying the two coffins, draped in black, and yelling: "There is no God but Allah. America is the enemy of God.
"No, No to Israel"
Dozens of armed men marched in formation.
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