Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Monday blasted US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for keeping US troops in Iraq while saying they would not be used in case of civil war.
“May God damn you. You said in the past that civil war would break out if you were to withdraw, and now you say that in case of civil war you won’t interfere,” Sadr told a news conference.
“What’s the point of you staying here if you can’t even protect or help people?” said the cleric who has long been opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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