Word: muqtada
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...colleagues. The vigilante cell was born of the teachings of Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a popular Shi'ite cleric who, before he was executed by the regime in 1999, according to Aws and Jasim, issued a fatwa ordering that Saddam's murderous henchmen be killed. Al-Sadr's son Muqtada, an outspoken young Shi'ite cleric, has incited violence against U.S. forces in Iraq. Former regime officials believe some of the revenge killings are being committed by members of the Badr Brigade, an armed militia loyal to Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, another Shi'ite cleric, who died in the August...
...plan is designed to widen participation in the political transition, in order to bolster its legitimacy among ordinary Iraqis as a counterweight to the insurgency. In the best-case scenario, it will draw into the political process the likes of Muqtada al-Sadr, the popular firebrand Shiite cleric who has agitated against the U.S. occupation. Sadr has welcomed Washington's change of direction, and moderated his tone lately - partly, perhaps, in response to fears that the U.S. may arrest him, but also perhaps because his movement, which dominates the Shiite slums of East Baghdad, has much to gain from...
...patrols and the local police who support them. U.S. and Iraqi officials fear that guerrillas from the triangle are trying to open a new front up north. Last week's violence in the Shi'ite stronghold of Baghdad's Sadr City, led by the rabble-rousing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, may signal a surge of sectarian anger from a population that had been largely quiet...
That very moderation, however, made him suspect in the eyes of the larger, more radical Shi'ite organization, the Sadr Group, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, 29. Cooperation with the coalition is anathema to al-Sadr, whose power base lies among the poorest Shi'ite communities, especially in Sadr City. Descended from a line of venerated ayatullahs, two of whom were executed by Saddam's regime, al-Sadr has the one thing the Hakim brothers lacked: street cred. He speaks in the rough argot of the slums, and his sermons, usually given after Friday prayers, are delivered in a take...
American commanders also worry about the possible dangers posed by a new "army" being mobilized by renegade religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr, son of the late Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, who is revered by Iraq's Shi'ites for his struggle against Saddam. Two weeks ago at Friday prayers, al-Sadr declared his opposition to the American-appointed governing council and the American occupation and announced the formation of a "peaceful" army to defend Iraqi dignity, culture and sovereignty. He has since softened his rhetoric, saying the force will be armed only with "faith" and that it will restrict itself...