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Quoted message said:US soldiers attacked a mosque in Sadr City in Baghdad, arresting 25 Iraqis
and violating the sanctity of the shrine, Iraqi sources said on Tuesday.Shaikh Abd al-Hadi al-Darraji, a top aide of the Shia leader Muqtada
al-Sadr, told Aljazeera.net that what happened in Masjid al-Rasul (The
Prophet Mosque) reveals the real intentions of the US occupation forces.He accused a US soldier of urinating on the Holy Quran and another of
consuming alcohol within the chambers of the mosque."(This) is a great sin in Islam" al-Darraji said.
"The action of the US forces just days before Sunday's election is a
serious
Quoted message said:provocation and it reveals that the US is serious in insulting the Islamic
values and impose its culture on us" he said."They claim they are democratic people, but they are targeting us because
we
Quoted message said:boycotted the elections and said it should not be held under occupation."
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Another official in al-Sadr's movement, Naim al-Qaabi, too accused US and
Iraqi forces of tearing Qurans during the operation and arresting 21 Sadr
supporters.However, neither claims could be immediately verified and the interim
Iraqi
Quoted message said:government has issued a statement saying it was investigating the
incident.
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The US military has not yet commented on the incident.Moqtada al-Sadr led a fierce anti-US uprising before toeing the
pro-election
Quoted message said:line, then changed his position later and vowed to boycott the elections
as
Quoted message said:long as foreign troops remain on Iraqi soil.
Earlier this month, thousands of al-Sadr supporters demonstrated in
several
Quoted message said:cities to protest against petrol and electricity shortages, accusing the
interim government of ignoring the people in favour of Sunday's elections.Al-Sadr is an Iraqi Arab Shia Muslim family notable for delivering
religious
Quoted message said:leaders such as Muhamad Baqir and Muhamad Sadiq.
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