He condemned violence by either side, and sacked two of his ministers who British intelligence said were involved in gun-running.
Other recent victims have included bids to stem global warming, establish an international criminal court and cut down on gun-running.
Detectives are given a profile of where a weapon has previously been used, so criminals and gun-running networks can be pinned down.
One of Mr Sadr's top men, Salah al-Obeidi, said that a criminal gun-running network that has operated in the region for years probably acquired the arms.
The row involving Mr Holder centres on a botched operation to curb gun-running from America to Mexico run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a division of the Justice Department.
She was trailing Mary Keitany of Kenya, who had led the field from the starter's gun, running a world-record pace.
State reinforcement of federal penalties for providing false information when buying a gun, running background checks on buyers at gun shows, allowing local discretion to police when issuing concealed-carry permits, requiring purchase permits for handguns and allowing municipalities to set their own gun laws are all associated with lower gun-trafficking rates.
Mr Warner has already broken with his running-mates over their support for tougher gun laws and a moratorium on the death penalty.
The NRA, one of the most powerful lobbies in U.S. politics, has made no secret of its anger at Democrats' efforts to enact even modest gun-control laws and said Thursday the TV ads would begin running this weekend and continue through the Democratic convention in Los Angeles next week.
So, it should shock nobody that Senator Reid is a long-time gun rights advocate who has consistently counted upon the support of the NRA when running for election in his home state.
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