Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to vote to achieve 'liberation' from US
Anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speaking at a rare news conference in Tehran, has urged Iraqis to take part in Sunday's election to help pave the way for Iraq's "liberation" from US forces.
"Although holding elections under the shadow of occupation does not have legitimacy, I ask the Iraqi people to take part in the election as a political resistance move so that the ground is prepared for occupiers to leave Iraq," Sadr said on Saturday evening, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported. (Reuters)
