Influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday criticised the codename given to a military operation in Sunni areas of Iraq, warning that it risked fanning the flames of sectarianism. The Hashed al-Shaabi, an umbrella for mostly Shiite militias and volunteers, on Tuesday launched an operation aimed at severing the Islamic State jihadist group's supply lines in Anbar province. "This name is going to be misunderstood, there's ** doubt," said Sadr in a statement presented as an answer to a question by a religious student.
05-28-2015, 05:53 PM
Iraq cleric Sadr criticises operation codename choice
Influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday criticised the codename given to a military operation in Sunni areas of Iraq, warning that it risked fanning the flames of sectarianism. The Hashed al-Shaabi, an umbrella for mostly Shiite militias and volunteers, on Tuesday launched an operation aimed at severing the Islamic State jihadist group's supply lines in Anbar province. "This name is going to be misunderstood, there's ** doubt," said Sadr in a statement presented as an answer to a question by a religious student.
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