The sons of Iraq's three grand ayatollahs -- including the most powerful one, Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani -- met al-Sadr Monday night in his Najaf office and assured him of their opposition to any U.S. strike.
"They agreed not to allow any hostile act against Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr and the city of Najaf," said a person at the meeting, speaking on condition of anonymity.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iranian diplomat in Baghdad has been shot and killed, Iranian Embassy officials said Thursday, a day after Iran said the United States had requested Iranian help to defuse Iraqi violence. The embassy said the diplomat was Khalil Naimi, first deputy of the Iranian Embassy in Iraq. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.main/index.html
現地警察によるとイラク北部において米兵が地元の有力な部族長の娘を射殺した。 射殺されたのはキルクークから南に40キロの町Sussの重要な部族長の25歳の娘で 射殺されたときは羊の世話をしていた。射殺した米兵は、その娘が米軍を攻撃 する容疑者だと思いこんで撃ったと話しているという。 In northern Iraq, a US soldier shot dead Sunday the daughter of an influential local tribal chief who was minding sheep near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a police officer told AFP. The victim, aged 25, was the daughter of an important tribal chief from the village of Suss, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Kirkuk, The soldier said he had opened fire in the belief that he was dealing with a suspect, and claimed that most attacks on coalition forces south and south-east of Kirkuk were carried out by shepherds." http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040418/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_unrest_040418144755
英国軍兵士によるイラク人虐待の実態が明らかになり英国で大きな スキャンダルになりつつある。拘束されたイラク人が英軍兵士に殴打され 尿を浴びせられ放置され死亡した事例など複数の虐待行為が 明らかになっている。 Punched, kicked, then left to die Iraqi detainee 'beaten and urinated upon' as accusations of widespread mistreatment spread to UK forces http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1207569,00.html