BAGHDAD, April 11 (UPI) -- Insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtata Sadr have vowed Mehdi Army opposition if U.S. forces do not leave Iraq by the end of the year.
Sadr Front officials said their opposition to a U.S. presence in Iraq extends beyond a physical presence of troops to diplomatic, logistic and cultural presences.
A source told al-Sumaria television the Sadr Front statements are supported by several Iraqi political parties.
While a security agreement between the United States and Iraq stipulates U.S. troops be withdrawn by December 2011, the framework for the agreement remains under debate, al-Sumaria said.
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