Mr. Sadr emerged from hiding today to tell worshipers at a mosque in Kufa that he rejected President Bush’s public apologies for the American mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners.

Mr. Bush’s «apology isn’t enough,» The Associated Press quoted Mr. Sadr as saying. «This crime isn’t tackled by an apology,» he continued. «Those who did this crime should be punished the same way in the same place.»

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