Al-Sadr: Iraqi government worse than Saddam

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Seems to be throwing down the gauntlet here.

n an exclusive interview with Aljazeera, Shia
leader Muqtada al-Sadr said the Iraqi people
want the interim Iraqi government to resign,
saying its policies are worse than those of
Saddam Hussein.

Speaking from an undisclosed location in Najaf
before the announcement that talks with the
interim government had failed, al-Sadr
questioned the legitimacy of the Iyad Allawi
government and claimed that he, and the
Mahdi Army, were fighting for the rights of all
Iraqis."

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When asked if he was seeking any political office in any future reconciliation
government, al-Sadr said he would not seek any official post, "not now, and until
I die".

"I refused to participate in their so-called national meeting which is why I...we
are targeted. I will not participate in any political discourse as long as there is an
occupation," he added.

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