Muqtada al-Sadr shows his mug

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275374,00.html

BAGHDAD — Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday and delivered a fiery anti-American sermon in the holy Shiite city of Kufa.

"No, no for the devil. No, no for America. No, no for the occupation. No, no for Israel," he chanted at the start of his speech. The roughly 6,000 worshippers in the mosque repeated after him.

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I'd like to hear some informed opinions on what significant impact, if any, does his return have on the mission in Iraq.