Robert Fisk on www.democracynow.org today (Fri)

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Listen to the interview with Robert Fisk just out of Iraq
on http://www.democracynow.org today

As Sadr Calls Off Truce In Najaf, We Speak With Robert Fisk On How Iraq Is About to Explode

The famed British correspondent reveals how the so-called Iraqi government controls little in Iraq beyond Baghdad. And we speak with Christian Science Monitor report Scott Balauf who just left Najaf.

In Iraq, Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr has called off his two-month truce with the US-backed forces and called for a holy war against the US and other coalition troops. Ahmed Shaybani, a spokesman for Sadr, said it was the U.S.-backed occupation forces who broke the truce by entering sacred areas of the holy city Najaf and damaging the shrine of Imam Ali.
Shaybani told the Washington Post "This is a revolution against the occupation force until we get independence and democracy."

Sadr/s call for an uprising marks the biggest challenge yet to the new unelected Iraqi government.

The fragile truce began to unravel on Sunday when when police arrested a representative of Sadr in Karbala.

In a statement to followers yesterday Sadr said "Fight the blasphemous, fight the Americans." Since yesterday, Sadr/s forces have been fighting US and coalition troops in Najaf, Basra, Nasiriyah and Baghdad.