Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has rallied followers to join a military parade across Iraq, as Jonathan Beale reports from Baghdad Continue reading the main story Thousands of Shia militia loyal to the powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have paraded through the streets of Baghdad, raising sectarian tensions amid continued fighting in areas of Iraq. The cleric, whose Mehdi Army fought the US in Iraq for years, had called for a military parade across the country. Correspondents say the show of force will be seen as a very disturbing development by the Baghdad government. Sunni extremists have seized control of large swathes of territory across Iraq. On Saturday, the militants – led by jihadist group Isis – were reported to have seized a strategically important border crossing to Syria, near the town of Qaim, killing 30 troops after a day-long […]