Iraqi Cleric Wants U.S. Out

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Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government, tension among rival Shiite groups has risen in Iraq. The rivalry is between moderates who supported the American invasion, and radicals like Muqtada al-Sadr, who want to throw the Americans out and establish a theocracy.

Correspondent Bob Simon conducted the first television interview with Sadr and some of the radical young cleric’s followers in Najaf. His report will be broadcast on 60 Minutes II, Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Sadr, the Shiite anti-American extremist who is the son of the late Ayatollah Sadr, tells Simon that while Saddam, who murdered his father four years ago, may be a snake, so is America.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/21/60II/main579155.shtml