[news] The Secret U.S. Plot to Kill Muqtada al-Sadr

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The US Army tried to kill or capture **Muqtada al-Sadr**, the widely revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according to a senior Iraqi government official...The attempted assassination or abduction took place two-and-a-half years ago in _August 2004_ when Mr Sadr and his Mehdi Army militiamen were besieged by US Marines in Najaf...

  


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