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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/international/middleeast/08SHIA.html
U.S. Confronts Spreading Shiite Uprising
(New York Times) U.S. forces are confronting a broad-based Shiite uprising that goes well beyond supporters of one militant Islamic cleric who has been the focus of American counterinsurgency efforts, U.S. intelligence officials said Wednesday. Intelligence officials now say a much larger number of Shiites have turned against the American-led occupation of Iraq, even if they are not all actively aiding the uprising. U.S. intelligence also says that the Sunni rebellion goes far beyond former Baathist government members.