Sadr undertakes Sunni-Shiite mediation

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BAGHDAD - The movement of radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr started mediating on Sunday in the crisis sparked by murder accusations from Sunni clergy against Shiites in the government.

A delegation from the charismatic cleric’s movement met with Sunni clerics from the influential Committee of Muslim Scholars at its headquarters in Baghdad’s Umm al-Qura mosque.

The group, consisting mainly of Sadr’s representatives in Baghdad, met with Sheikh Abdel Salam al-Kubeisi, in charge of the Sunni organisation’s public relations, an AFP correspondent said.

“There’s a mediation and we are going to talk openly about what happened,” said a Sunni official on condition of anonymity.

Khaleej Times

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1. Powerful move by Moqtada Sadr

His star is rising.

[Charles19]

5. He is going to be the Iraqi George Washington (n/t)

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2. Sadr undertakes Sunni-Shiite mediation

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BAGHDAD - The movement of radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr started mediating on Sunday in the crisis sparked by murder accusations from Sunni clergy against Shiites in the government.

A delegation from the charismatic cleric’s movement met with Sunni clerics from the influential Committee of Muslim Scholars at its headquarters in Baghdad’s Umm al-Qura mosque.

The group, consisting mainly of Sadr’s representatives in Baghdad, met with Sheikh Abdel Salam al-Kubeisi, in charge of the Sunni organisation’s public relations, an AFP correspondent said.

“There’s a mediation and we are going to talk openly about what happened,” said a Sunni official on condition of anonymity.

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3. Looks like Sadr is trying to compete with Sistani and the elected

government.

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4. He knows Negroponte et al are purposely provoking chaos.

Sadr is no dummy. Iraqis must be united in repelling the foreign invaders. He'll nurture a tenuous "peace," until the occupation crumbles.

Then, civil war.