1.0 link 97571 <![CDATA[Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/19/antius-cleric-alsadr-thre_n_97571.html BAGHDAD &mdash; Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation."

A full-blown uprising by al-Sadr, who led two rebellions against U.S.-led forces in 2004, could lead to a dramatic increase in violence in Iraq at a time when the Sunni extremist group al-Qaida in Iraq appears poised for new attacks after suffering severe blows last year.

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