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To: Bilow who wrote (128828)	4/10/2004 8:21:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 281500

Iraqi Cleric's Movement Gains Steam . Sat Apr 10, 1:22 PM ET By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 20,000 worshippers, about twice the usual number, gathered for weekly prayers at a mosque run by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, indicating that he may be winning sympathy from more Shiites as his militia challenges U.S. authority in Baghdad as well as across central and southern Iraq (news - web sites). Aided by hundreds of young seminary students, the 30-year-old cleric and his supporters have in recent days boasted of widening support after mass protests and fighting this week with U.S. and other coalition troops. "Our movement is stronger today than it was a week ago," said Ibrahim al-Janabi, a senior al-Sadr aide. "But most important of all is that God is on our side," he said Friday after prayers in Sadr City, the movement's Baghdad stronghold. story.news.yahoo.com Picture: story.news.yahoo.com