| The search for weapons started in Sadr City yesterday (24 Oct). Eyewitnesses said the operation went without incident. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on Saturday said the government has received 18,000 weapons against $5,000,000. He said the operation was successful and that the government intends to expand it elsewhere in Iraq. Meanwhile, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he was ready to assist the mujahideen of Fallujah, and would interfere to keep the city safe. "If you keep resisting the occupation, I will be with you, but I hope your city avoids war. No mercy for the occupiers," he told Fallujans. |