Iraq Shiite radical tells Bush to withdraw troops or face revolution

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040409/ts_afp/iraq_us_sadr_warn&cid=1503&ncid=1480

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"I address my enemy Bush. You are now fighting an entire nation, from south to north, from east to west, and we advise you to withdraw from Iraq," Sadr said Friday in a message that was read at the main mosque in this central shrine town by one of his aides.

"I call on America not to confront the Iraqi revolution," said Sheikh Jaber al-Khafagi, as he addressed worshippers gathered for the main weekly prayers in this Sadr stronghold.

The outlawed radical leader had been expected to deliver the weekly sermon himself as usual but Khafagi said Sadr was "unable to be with us today".

Earlier this week, Sadr, who has been outlawed by the US-led coalition after being charged with two counts of murder by an Iraqi investigating magistrate, barricaded himself inside the Kufa mosque