Iraqi cleric's followers demand US troops leave
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Hundreds of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad on Saturday, trampling US flags and vowing to escalate military resistance if US troops fail to leave Iraq this year.
It was the second major demonstration by Sadr's followers in recent days after the cleric issued a warning on April 9 he would unleash his Mehdi Army militia if US troops were not out of Iraq by December 31. More than 5,000 marched in the streets of Basra, Iraq's southern oil hub, on Thursday. (Reuters)
