Influential Cleric Calls On Muslims To Fight Americans In Iraq

CAIRO, Sept 2 (AFP) - An influential Egyptian cleric has called on Muslims to fight all Americans in Iraq, even civilians, one of his top aides told AFP on Thursday.
"Every single American who is in Iraq is an invader who must be fought," Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi was quoting as saying by his office director Essam Talima.
Talima said Qaradawi, a Sunni Muslim regarded as a moderate, meant both US military and civilians, but he noted that the sheikh had used the word fight and not kill in his decree.