Shiite leader tells followers to defy Iraqi government

Sunday, March 30, 2008

BAGHDAD -- Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr told his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.

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