Not on the CNN website. Maybe I just can't find it because of the news that America had a gay governor.
From the BBC... Radical cleric wounded in Najaf The radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has been wounded in fighting in the holy city of Najaf, according to his spokesmen. There are no details as yet about Mr Sadr's condition, though he was said to have been wounded "in three places". The news came hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged fighters loyal to Mr Sadr to lay down their arms in the fight with US-led troops. Mr Allawi said the insurgents should leave the revered Imam Ali shrine. Mr Sadr is said to be holed up in the sacred compound housing the shrine with his followers. He has urged supporters to keep up the fight even if he is killed or arrested. His aides had tears in their eyes as they spoke of his injuries. The cleric is thought to have around 1,000 loyal fighters, who are gradually being pushed back towards the shrine. US-led forces tightened their grip on Najaf on Thursday after seven days of fighting with tank, infantry and helicopter assaults. The area was reported to be relatively calm over night. Iran and the Arab League have condemned the hostilities. Meanwhile Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the spiritual leader of the majority of Iraqi Shias, who is currently in hospital in London, said through a spokesman he would not have left Najaf if he knew how bad things would get. Iraqi officials have said that in the event of an assault on the central area only Iraqi security forces will enter the shrine to avoid inflaming Shia sentiment. The mausoleum is one of the most important sites in Shia Islam and any serious damage would anger its followers across the world. The BBC's Alastair Leithead says there is a chance a siege could develop and bring the battle for Najaf to stalemate. 'Rejoin society' In a statement read out to a news conference by a senior official, Mr Allawi said: "Our brave troops have never targeted the sacred holy shrine, but the militia have made the site a target by occupying it." "This government calls upon all the armed groups to drop their weapons and rejoin society," he added. "We can upon all the armed men to evacuate the holy shrine and not to violate its holiness." A delayed national conference on Iraq's future will be held on Sunday despite the violence, officials have said. Defence Minister Hazim al-Shalaan said 1,200 suspected fighters - many of them non-Iraqis - had been captured in the huge cemetery which has become a key battleground in Najaf. He also claimed several successes for the Iraqi security forces in various parts of Iraq: Iraqi forces repelled attacks by Sadr-related groups in Nasiriya, capturing 47 fighters. In Kut, 400 insurgents were defeated. Protests, some violent, had been staged in Amara. Iraqi forces isolated militants inside Baghdad's Sadr City area by blocking exits; 300 explosive devices were found. Elsewhere in Baghdad, safe houses used by former Baathists were attacked and the leader of a "dangerous group" was arrested. House targeted US and Iraqi troops have been battling the militants in Najaf - about 160km (100 miles) south of Baghdad - for the past eight days. Early on Thursday, 2,000 US marines and 1,800 Iraqi soldiers engaged about 1,000 Sadr supporters, forcing them back behind the walls of the Imam Ali shrine. Reports quote witnesses as saying that Mr Sadr's home was raided by US forces, but he was not there. Most civilians appear to have left the city centre. The number of casualties in a week of fighting in Najaf is unclear. The US military says it has killed hundreds of militiamen - but Mr Sadr's forces say their losses are much lower. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3560662.stm
No. I hope he dies from his injuries, sparing us the ordeal. I'm glad we killed Uday and the other Hussein brother rather than letting them live.
Ya play with fire, ya gonna git burned. At the gym this morning (3:30 AM), the early morning CNN news reported that he got hit with shrapnel in his chest and shoulder, but that it was not life-threatening.
