Sadr City Tense as "Special Groups" Hit Leaders

Rumors Abound on Identity, Motives of Shadowy Factions in Baghdad
Ahmad al-Shaybani in 2004. At the time the cleric was a spokesman for the Sadrist current in Najaf.

Residents of Sadr City report a tension in the streets as the leadership of the dominant political current in the sprawling eastern Baghdad district fear victimization by mysterious armed groups that have apparently...