Al-Sadr urges solution to Iraq violence

Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr wants a "political solution" to the crisis that has led to deadly clashes between his followers and government security forces this week in Baghdad and the oil-rich south.

In a brief statement released in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, south of Baghdad, al-Sadr said he wants "everyone to pursue political solutions and peaceful protests and a stop to the shedding of Iraqi blood".

The statement was relayed to the media by al-Sadr's close aide Hazem al-Aaraji.

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