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Shiite militias control three Iraqi cities; Japanese, Israeli Arabs kidnapped

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Al-Sadr, who is reportedly holed up in his office in Najaf, attempted to rally Iraqis including Sunnis behind him.

''This ordeal has shown that all the Iraqi people are united,'' he said in a statement issued by his office.

[Here's the US military LIE - ] Al-Sadr's force remains unpopular with most Shiites because it is too radical. And so far, there has been little sign of a widespread support for the movement or a surge to join the fight against the Americans.
Shiite militias control three Iraqi cities; Japanese, Israeli Arabs kidnapped
By Lee Keath, Associated Press, 4/8/2004 17:35

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Sunni guerrillas killed a U.S. Marine Thursday in the fourth day of the battle for Fallujah, and militant Shiite militiamen held all or part of three southern cities. In an ominous new tactic, kidnappers seized foreign hostages, threatening to burn three Japanese captives alive if Tokyo did not withdraw troops.

[The relevance of this article is only the title - that three cities are lost to the coalition forces. The rest of it is mostly state department lies.]
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