Sadr threatens British and American soldiers in Iraq
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened the foreign troops in Iraq, saying that he would deal with British and American soldiers and their advisors occupiers.
Sadr said, “They are united over their sin and we are divided over our virtue,” adding, “We have fought each other in a way that made it easier for the enemy to occupy and subjugate us.”
“They shall not humiliate us, and we will treat them as occupiers,” he added.
It may be mentioned here that Sadr has the support of thousands of Iraqis and had fought US troops during their 2003 Iraq invasion.