'Saddam' calls for jihad
14/08/2003 10:26  - (SA)  

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Doha - A handwritten message purported to be from Saddam Hussein and read out by Al-Jazeera television called for Iraq's majority Shiites to wage "jihad", or holy war, against the US and British occupiers.

The message on the Qatar-based satellite news channel called for the Hawza, Iraq's top Shiite Muslim religious authority, to "proclaim jihad so that all the Iraqi people are united against the occupation".

It also notably praised a top Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

Sistani is viewed by US officials as a crucial force for moderation in post-war Iraq. But he has expressed unease at the occupation by the US-led coalition and demanded Iraqis be allowed to rule themselves.

"Sayyed Sistani has our appreciation," the message read, using the title for a descendant of the prophet Mohammad.

- AFP

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