"US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said the activities of Iraqi Shia leader Moqtada Sadr and his supporters are unlawful and harmful."
Does this do any good? I don't get it. Surely Sadr knows the US is after him and willing to use extreme measures to stop him. Does it help for Rumsfeld to make these speeches?
Rumsfeld warning for Iraq's Sadr
By Nick Childs
BBC Pentagon correspondent, reporting from St Petersburg
Donald Rumsfeld (left) with Sergei Ivanov in St Petersburg
Rumsfeld in Russia: Differences persist between the two countries
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said the activities of Iraqi Shia leader Moqtada Sadr and his supporters are unlawful and harmful.
Speaking on a visit to St Petersburg, Russia, he said it was up to local coalition commanders and the Iraqi government to deal with the situation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3564318.stm