An article in May 7 editions incorrectly quoted Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie discussing the reason that plans to arrest nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in 2004 were called off. Mr. Sumaida’ie said that on the eve of the operation, “someone — I believe possibly in Washington — got cold feet.” In the same article, a paraphrase of a remark by Mr. Sumaida’ie made it appear that he had described the former regime of Saddam Hussein as Sunni-dominated. He did not use those words.
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