Council member, brother of killed cleric lashes out at U.S.

Wednesday, September 3, 2003

NAJAF, Iraq -- The brother of a cleric assassinated in a car bombing told 400,000 mourners Tuesday he blamed the U.S. occupation forces for the lax security that led to the attack at Iraq's most sacred Shiite mosque.

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