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To: stockman_scott who wrote (20634)	6/7/2005 8:38:19 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 361303

Al-Sadr says he intends to steer clear of Iraqi politics Spiritual leader: The young cleric warns against the Iraqi government accepting a U.S. presence By Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated Press Salt Lake Tribune NAJAF, Iraq - Scores of supplicants filed slowly past Muqtada al-Sadr, kissing his hands in a show of loyalty to this fiery young anti-American cleric who has created one of the most dynamic religious and political movements in Iraq. But despite the support he enjoys, al-Sadr told The Associated Press in a rare interview he would steer clear of Iraqi politics as long as U.S. troops remain in the country, and warned against the current government's legitimizing the occupation instead of preparing for its end. ''As long as the occupier is here, I will not interfere in the political process,'' he said, adjusting himself on a brown cushion lying on the floor of a long hallway. ''I would like to condemn and denounce the last Iraqi government's decision to legalize the occupation. Legalizing the occupation is rejected from any angle.'' .... sltrib.com