1.0link120590<![CDATA[Sadrists Protest New US-Iraq Pullout Deal]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/22/sadrists-protest-new-us-i_n_120590.htmlBAGHDAD — Several thousand supporters of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protested Friday against an emerging U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, saying it would turn Iraq into a U.S. colony.
The march in the southern city of Kufa came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to discuss the deal, which includes a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces.