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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (128643)	4/7/2004 10:05:35 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

But Sistani has refused to openly support Sadr and has called for peaceful negotiations to the dispute.. Better for them to remain in their houses and take no part in assisting Sadr. "....But across Baghdad, Sistani's moderate message appeared to have been drowned out by an increasingly vocal cry from mosque minarets for people to resist the occupation and to donate money and blood to help resistance fighters in Fallujah. In perhaps the clearest sign yet of the convergence of Sunni and Shiite uprisings, announcements from Shiite mosques called on people to help Sunnis in Fallujah, while residents of Sunni neighborhoods lauded Sadr and his followers. Portraits of Sadr and graffiti lauding him have appeared on mosques and government buildings in Sunni towns west of Baghdad, according to Arab media reports. On Monday night, gunmen loyal to Sadr joined with Sunni insurgents in Baghdad in attacking U.S. soldiers on patrol in the first reported act of collaborative Sunni-Shiite resistance activity. "The Sunnis and Shiites are now together," said Fatah Abdel-Razzaq, 31, the owner of a falafel stand in Sadr City, a sprawling slum of 2 million that has long served as Sadr's stronghold. "America came and destroyed the country," he said. "What's America doing?" Abdel-Razzaq and others in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood drew parallels between the fighting there and in Sadr City, saying Sunnis and Shiites had come together. Others bitterly denounced civilian deaths, placing the blame squarely on U.S. forces, not the militiamen from Sadr City. Often heard was the contention that the Americans were fighting Shiites or, more generally, Islam...." washingtonpost.com