lessons_of_najaf kx21 What's_the_'Point'? A Fresh_and_Green Random_dot in www / Internet... Lessons of Najaf - International Herald Tribune - 3 hours ago 040829 ... Google Search Lessons of Najaf NYT Monday, August 30, 2004 Iraq's interim government did well to avoid a bloody fight to the finish with Moktada al-Sadr ((Moqtada_al_Sadr) over the Imam Ali Mosque, the country's most sacred Shiite site... http://www.iht.com/articles/536320.htm 040829 ... . The main winners are Sistani and Sadr, a fiery but low-ranking cleric who is a hero to millions of poor, young and unemployed Iraqi Shiites. 040829 ... a "point" - Lessons_of_Najaf. 040829 ... An "amazing" newslink Standoff bolstered Sadr's support Specials Iraq in Transition from the August 30, 2004 edition http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0830/p04s01-woiq.html Interviews with Iraqi Shiite clerics reveal that moderates are increasingly supporting Sadr's anti-US campaign. "The spread of the Sadr movement has been an ongoing phenomenon, but has picked up strength from the Najaf episode," says Juan Cole, a history professor and expert on Shiite Islam at the University of Michigan. "And, Moqtada ("Moqtada_al_Sadr")'s central message, of 'American troops out now!' has almost certainly moved from the fringes in May of 2003 to the political center among Iraqis in August 2004." 040830 what's it to you? who go blather from