Iraq’s Sadr Calls for Mass Rally to Support Bahraini Shiites
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Moqtada al-Sadr, a leading Shiite Muslim cleric in Iraq, called on his followers in Baghdad and Basra to march in support of Shiite protesters in Bahrain, said an Iraqi lawmaker who is close to al-Sadr.
“We stand firmly with the Bahraini people, and condemn the foreign intervention in the affairs of Bahrain and the sending of military forces to counter the will of the people of Bahrain,” Mashriq al-Naji said today in an interview.