Sadr: Any US Troops in Iraq After December Will Be Attacked

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today admonished his followers not to launch any attacks against US forces in the nation, saying that he didn’t want to give the US any excuses to remain beyond the Status of Forces Agreement deadline, which would have US troops leaving at the end of December. This came with a corollary warning, as Sadr added that any troops remaining after December would be attacked.

Read more about Sadr’s comments at The Independent

Author: Jason Ditz

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