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Weapons 'stockpiled in mosques'
25/04/2004 18:42 - (SA)
Baghdad - The US administrator of Iraq claimed on Sunday weapons were being stockpiled in mosques, shrines and schools of the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where wanted militant cleric Moqtada Sadr is holed up.
Paul Bremer's claim came after military officials said they planned to kill or capture Sadr, who is wanted in connection with the murder f a rival cleric and whose militia has clashed on several occasions with troops of the US-led coalition
"A dangerous situation is developing in Najaf where weapons are being stockpiled in mosques and shrines and schools," Bremer said.
"This explosive situation threatens the general population there," he said.
Sadr has warned that if the US-led occupation troops massed outside Najaf entered the city, his followers would resist by turning themselves into "human timebombs."
- AFP
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