Oudha Mohammed, seorang wakil As-Sadr di kota Syiah, Basrah, di Irak selatan, mengatakan ribuan warga telah pergi ke Najaf menyusul seruan As-Sadr untuk berdemonstrasi menentang pendudukan.
Oudha Mohammed, a representative of Sadr in the southern Shiite city of Basra, said thousands of residents had left for Najaf following Sadr's call to demonstrate against the occupation.