Rebel cleric condemns beheading

Firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led an uprising against US forces, condemned militants who have beheaded foreigners in Iraq over the last several months.

“We condemn what some people are doing regarding the beheading of prisoners and it is illegal according to Islamic law,” al-Sadr said at the Kufa mosque south of Baghdad, where he led Friday prayers for the first time in two months.