U.S. Crackdown on Shi'ites Fuels Iraqi Anger [View All]

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KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. troops sealed off roads around the house of an Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Saturday and another sheikh warned the crackdown on radicals would only backfire

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Sheikh Kathim al-Nasseri, Sadr's representative in Kerbala, said U.S. troops made a serious mistake spilling Muslim blood and pressuring Shi'ite clerics.


"The result will be very bad for the Americans. If they increase the pressure there will be a crisis between the people of Kerbala and the Americans," he told Reuters.


He warned occupation forces that if they do any harm to Shi'ite shrines in the holy cities of Kerbala or Najaf "they will face not only Shi'ites in Iraq but Shi'ites all over the world."

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