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> Incensed Shia youths were set to go on a rampage on the streets, but
> were effectively prevented from doing so by Husayn Al Sadr, a leading
> Shia cleric in Baghdad's Kadhamiya district.
According to Juan Cole, a scholarly authority on Shi'ism, nobody in Iraq has ever heard of this guy. He's an exile from London who the US is trying to build up. So far they've been successful at promoting him to the foreign press.
See:
September 22, 8:34 am: http://www.juancole.com/2003_09_01_juancole_archive.html#106421244357999832
September 16, 9:26 am: http://www.juancole.com/2003_09_01_juancole_archive.html#106369720147687288
Michael