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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40509-2005Apr9.html
Supporters of Militant Iraqi Shiite Cleric Demand U.S. Withdrawal
(Washington Post) Anthony Shadid - Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims loyal to the militant cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday surged into the Baghdad square where the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled two years ago, demanding a timetable for the U.S. military's withdrawal from Iraq, release of their leaders jailed by American forces, and a speedy trial for Hussein.