Again, Meyerson's work applies: al-Sadr is attempting to establish rules within a domain (Shiite Iraq) and is attempting to extend the definition of that domain. We are attempting to argue with him and others about who actually defines ...
The tide turned for Mr Maliki in early October when the militant young Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr announced that the 40 or so seats he controls in the new parliament would back the incumbent for a second term, our correspondent says. ...
one year ago, moqtada al sadr's radical mahdi army militia strongholds in basra and sadr city were two of the biggest threats remaining to the iraqi republic. al qaeda in iraq had been reduced to a remnant, but the country still was a ...
