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Are so prone to exaggeration. In the midst of the deadly serious news from Iraq, this made me laugh:

We asked one of the aides, a man with red-veined protuberant eyes, how long the seyyed will sequester himself in this mosque.

"Forever," he answered. "Until they fulfill his demands." (Sadr apparently left the mosque early Tuesday morning.)

Read the whole piece in Slate, an eyewitness account of what's going on.

Posted by Bill at April 7, 2004 11:52 AM | TrackBack (0)