URGENT / Muqtada al-Sadr returns to Najaf

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr arrived in Najaf on Wednesday after three and half years in Iran, al-Sadr office said. “Leader of the Sadrist bloc Muqtada al-Sadr returned today to his house in Najaf,” the office said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Al-Sadr has not been seen publicly in Iraq since 2007. He left the country and has been living in Iran. SH (P)/SR 120