BAGHDAD, April 9 (UPI) -- Followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr demonstrated in Baghdad to mark the sixth anniversary of the fall of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Thousands of protesters carried Iraqi flags, religious banners and placards proclaiming support for Sadr while chanting religious songs at the rally in Firdous Square, where Saddam's statue was pulled down April 9, 2003, shortly after the U.S invasion of Iraq, CNN reported.