Anti-U.S. Cleric Criticizes Iraqi Gov’t
Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sharply criticized Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government on Sunday and once again demanded that all foreign troops leave the country. Al-Sadr’s criticism comes at a time when relations between his Sadrist movement and al-Maliki’s coalition government he supports are at a low ebb, with the prime minister coming under mounting pressure to end his alliance with the radical Shiite cleric. Full Story