Iraq, USA, Al-Sadr and the government issuenote

Some US diplomats are said to have tried to meet with radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr while in Damascus recently. The following 406-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how Al-Sadr reacted. It also tells why Al-Sadr did not go to Saudi Arabia after visiting Syria and meeting there with former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi.