Breaking: Al Sadr Blames U.S. For Partner’s Assassination
They call him an aide, but he was really one of his top two partners in running the whole criminal empire show.
Related: Background story on this morning’s assassination.
Related: Maliki Condemns Assassination Of Al Sadr’s Parnter
BAGHDAD (AP) - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has blamed the United States and the Iraqi government for the death of a senior aide in the holy city of Najaf.
The cleric’s office issued a statement in which al-Sadr promises he won’t “forget this precious blood” but he urges his followers to “be patient.”
Friday’s statement comes hours after Riyadh al-Nouri was gunned down as he drove home after attending prayers. Al-Nouri was the director of al-Sadr’s office in Najaf.
Al-Sadr accuses “the hands of the occupiers and their tails” of being responsible for the attack. The terms are often used by the Sadrists to describe the United States and the Iraqi government that it supports.
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