Inside Story: The Return of Muqtada al-Sadr?

As Iraq slips into greater uncertainty, Shia cleric and leader al Sadr puts on a show of strength.

Muqtada Al-Sadr Demands US Quit Iraq
KUWAIT TIMES: BAGHDAD: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr resurfaced yesterday after nearly four months in hiding and demanded US troops leave Iraq, a development likely to complicate US efforts to crack down on violence and broker political compromise in the country. Hours later, the notorious leader of Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in the city of Basra was killed in a shootout as British and Iraq troops tried to arrest him, police and the British military said, further enflaming tensions in the Shiite areas of southern Iraq. Radical cleric demands US quit Iraq (more)

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Irak : Moqtada Sadr apparaît en public

Mark Alexander