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...formidable organization. Its predominant partners are the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq - the largest Shi'ite political party now led by Ammar al-Hakim, the son of the recently departed and revered cleric Abdulaziz al-Hakim - and the militant Moqtada al-Sadr's party, which has its pulse on the much of the country's poor and frustrated Shi'a underclass. (Read how the shoe-thrower put Maliki in a sensitive spot...
...Reeling from losses in local elections to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's followers early this year, members of the SIIC joined forces in August with the Sadrists and Sunni factions to form the Iraqi National Alliance - excluding Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party. The Alliance is expected to mount a challenge to al-Maliki in the January 2010 elections. (Read "With U.S. Pullout, Iraq Takes Ownership...
...Defense Committee. "Our duty is to make sure of the security for the people." Some members of parliament called for the sacking of the ministers of defense, interior and national security. "We are not in a battlefield, but we are in an intelligence battle," said Falah Hassan head of Sadr Movement. He and others were outraged that the head of intelligence Abdullah al-Shahwani was not in attendance. Others, though, excused Shahwani, citing the last minute nature of the session...
Gates, returning from a trip to Iraq, told reporters aboard his plane that perhaps one combat brigade would come out of Iraq ahead of schedule. He did not give a precise timetable. (Swampland: "Al-Sadr Optimistic Over Withdrawal...
...Ahmadinejad's victory is a vindication of his pro-poor policies," says a Sadr spokesman. "It is a lesson for leaders everywhere: look after the poor, and they will support you." Sadr's own support, as it happens, comes mainly from poor Shi'ites. (See pictures of Iranian society...