Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against US

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against US "pccupation", a potentially destabilizing show of force after his followers battled US and government troops.

The demonstration would take place next Wednesday April 9, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, when the US commander in Iraq is also scheduled to brief Congress in Washington about progress in the war. (Reuters)