Al-Sadr's Basra Aide Offers Rewards

BASRA, Iraq - A senior aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told worshippers Friday that anyone who captures a female British soldier can keep her as a slave.

The aide, Sheik Abdul-Sattar al-Bahadli, also called on supporters to launch jihad, or holy war, against British troops in this southern city.

He offered money for anyone who captures or kills a member of the Governing Council, the widely unpopular interim administration appointed by the U.S.-led occupation 10 months ago.

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It was the first time that any anti-occupation activist of note publicly offered financial reward for the killing or capturing of coalition troops. It's likely to be viewed by occupation authorities with concern at a time of rising anti-occupation sentiment and continuing fighting between al-Sadr's al-Mahdi Army militia and U.S. forces in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.

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"BASRA, Iraq - A senior aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told worshippers Friday that anyone who captures a female British soldier can keep her as a slave. "

Is everyone over there effing nuts? Is there something in the sand that brings out the 13th century in people, both us and them?

Pehaps the the 13th centruy folks were probably more sane.

The pictures of a US armywoman holding an Iraqi man on a leash is what's responsible for this.