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Fri - May 28 -

KUFA MOSQUE: *The main mosque was packed and about 5,000 more Sadr followers crowded outside after walking around a U.S. armored cordon.

But at 1 p.m. (5 a.m. EDT), it was not the young cleric Sadr but an ardent follower, Sheikh Jader al-Khafaji, who preached the usual weekly sermon.

From the minaret, the muezzin called for holy struggle, crying: "Yes, yes to jihad.*

:: From an article :: by Suleiman al-Khalidi ::
--For Abu Reuters via Yahoo!News --

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