On the recordApril 4, 2004
If it gains some kind of popular sympathy that eventually becomes popular support, then we have a challenge on our hands.
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Martin Dempsey
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transcripts.cnn.comIf it gains some kind of popular sympathy that eventually becomes popular support, then we have a challenge on our hands.
General Dempsey warns about the potential for increased support for Moqtada al-Sadr among the Iraqi population.
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