ih ad ▁group ▁who ▁is ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁be ▁hiding ▁in ▁Fall uj ah , ▁or ▁face ▁aer ial ▁bomb ing ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Mu qt ada ▁al - S adr ▁On ▁ 4 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁coal ition ▁forces ▁closed ▁Sh i ite ▁cler ic ▁Mu qt ada ▁al - S adr ' s ▁newspaper ▁al - H aw za , ▁claim ing ▁it ▁contained ▁inc item ents ▁to ▁violence . ▁One ▁example ▁provided ▁was ▁that ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁February , ▁an ▁article ▁claimed ▁that ▁a ▁suic ide ▁bomb ing ▁in ▁I sk and ari ya ▁that ▁killed ▁ 5 3 ▁people ▁was ▁a ▁ro cket ▁fired ▁by ▁the ▁Americans , ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁car ▁bomb . ▁In ▁response , ▁al - S adr ▁launched ▁a ▁day ▁of ▁protest s . ▁During ▁these ▁protest s , ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁ins ur gency ▁( who ▁may ▁or ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁tied ▁to ▁al - S adr ) ▁amb ushed ▁a ▁Co al ition ▁pat rol ▁guard ing ▁a ▁tr ash ▁collect ing ▁unit ▁in ▁S adr - City ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁ 8 ▁soldiers . ▁Several ▁dozen ▁of ▁al - S adr ' s ▁follow ers ▁were ▁killed ▁during ▁these ▁protest s . ▁ ▁The ▁coal ition ▁respond ed ▁by ▁arrest ing ▁one ▁of ▁al - S adr ' s ▁closest ▁a ides , ▁leading ▁to ▁al - S adr ▁calling ▁on ▁his ▁follow ers ▁to ▁rise ▁up .