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A ‘Radical’ Shiite?

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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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