Opposition fighters in the Lebanese capital are reported to have
been pulled off the streets after seizing control of large parts of west Beirut
in three days of fighting with pro-government forces.
An aide to Muqtada al-Sadr has lashed out at Grand Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shia cleric, for keeping silent over clashes
that have killed hundreds in Baghdad.
The US military has denied that a man arrested in Iraq is Abu Hamza
al-Muhajir, Al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, who carries a US bounty of five million
dollars.
