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04/29/2004:

"America is its own worst enemy in Iraq"

When a discredited young firebrand cleric outsmarts American administrators and soldiers, you know the occupiers are at sea in the sands of Iraq. No sooner had Moqtada al-Sadr and the Americans got into a standoff two weeks ago than he headed with his militia from Baghdad to the holy city of Najaf. He has been holed up there since, daring the American troops to enter the sacred precincts. But they have not, despite initial declarations that they would. This is a welcome sign, the first in months that the visitors may be learning from their many mistakes. The spectre of Americans invading Najaf has evoked comparisons to past incidents involving violations of the sanctity of sacred places: www.thestar.com