Reuters: Sadr Unhurt, in Talks to Leave Najaf Shrine -Gov't
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is unhurt and is negotiating with the government to leave the Imam Ali shrine in the city of Najaf, Iraq's Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said on Friday.
Several spokesmen to Sadr said he was wounded in a U.S. raid on Friday.
"Sayyed Moqtada will not be touched if he leaves the shrine peacefully. A truce has been in force since last night," Naqib told Reuters.
"We will go after the criminal elements which have penetrated the Sadr movement, but not Moqtada," he added.
The government has been under pressure to stop the U.S. attack on Najaf as casualties mount and more Iraqis express outrage at the U.S. tactics used to confront the anti-establishment cleric and his followers
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