1,000 Iraqis March Against Al-Sadr

From News Max

NAJAF, Iraq – About 1,000 people, including a few women in black veils, marched through the streets of Najaf on Tuesday to urge radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his followers to leave the city.

Tensions rose as the marchers passed by al-Sadr's office. Fighters from his al-Mahdi Army took up position and fired weapons into the air, but there was no clash and the march continued without incident.

The marchers also passed by the house of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani on Prophet's Street. The marchers carried portraits of al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, and of Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, a member of Iraq's Governing Council and leader of Supreme Council of the Islamic Republic of Iraq, a rival to al-Sadr's group.


Haven't seen this reported anywhere else yet. Interesting considering
this earlier post.

UPDATE Reuters has the story now.