BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who wields growing political influence and whose militia has clashed with U.S. forces, described the United States, Israel and Britain as a "Triad of Evil" in a television interview Friday.
The anti-American al-Sadr also said last month's attack on a Shiite shrine in the central city of Samarra was carried out "in collusion with the occupiers and the Zionist entity of Israel," meaning the U.S. and Israel.
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The Triad of Evil reference was an obvious play on the words President Bush used in his 2002 State of the Union address, when he labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea the "axis of evil."
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"The candidate for prime minister must demand the withdrawal of the occupiers, or put a timetable for their pullout. I don't support any person who does not say that," al-Sadr said. "What is important is that the occupiers leave because they are behind what is happening in Iraq."
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