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[ This message has been sent to you via the CASI-analysis mailing list ] This is an automated compilation of submissions to newsclippings@casi.org.uk Articles for inclusion in this daily news mailing should be sent to newsclippings@casi.org.uk. Please include a full reference to the source of the article. Today's Topics: 1. Najaf,Iraq (Muhamed Ali) --__--__-- Message: 1 Subject: Najaf,Iraq Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:14:56 +0100 From: "Muhamed Ali" <Muhamed.Ali@DELETETHISHackney.gov.uk> To: <newsclippings@casi.org.uk> [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] In the shadows of a sacred mosque, a defiant uprising seems to be near its end Luke Harding in Najaf where supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr face a fierce onslaught Thursday August 26, 2004 "But opinions over the Mahdi army's last stand are divided - with many in Najaf dismissing Moqtada al-Sadr's supporters as both outsiders - including volunteers from Falluja - and thugs. "We suffered for 35 years under Saddam Hussein. He killed our clerics. He killed our poets. He killed our writers," Kadhim Abdul Karim said, as US tanks and Humvees rattled past his street. "All our intellectuals left Iraq and our doctors left the country as well. Whatever happens next we want the Americans to stay." He added: "We are typical Iraqis. Moqtada and his supporters are the Taliban of Najaf. You in the west have to understand this. We don't want them." The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1290819,00.html Muhamad London Borough of Hackney may exercise its right to intercept any communication on its networks - for more information see http://www.hackney.gov.uk/email_disclaimer.html End of casi-news Digest _______________________________________ Sent via the CASI-analysis mailing list To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-analysis All postings are archived on CASI's website at http://www.casi.org.uk