A ‘Radical’ Shiite?
The Times frequently refers to the Shiite rebel Muqtada Sadr as a “radical cleric” (Aug. 9-10). If this because of his religious views or because of his resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq? In either case, it seems like a loaded reference.
Kevin McKiernan
Santa Barbara
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