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	Iraqi Shiite Cleric Pledges to Defend Iran - washingtonpost.com
		Sadr is a top leader of the Shiite coalition that leads Iraq and dominates its security forces.
		Sadr and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which is allied with Iran, each maintain militias of thousands of men.
		Sadr is influential as the scion of a religious family revered by millions of Iraq's Shiites.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/23/AR2006012301701.html (676 words)

	Muslim American Society
		Moqtada Al-Sadr was born in 1974, the son of one of the most illustrious Shi'a religious families in
		The Mahdi Army is a loyal to Sadr that is estimated to have between 2,000 and 10,000 men, armed with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and light weapons.
		Moqtada Sadr's appeal to the Shi’a poor and dispossessed accounts for much of his popularity.
	www.masnet.org /prof_personality.asp?id=1547 (718 words)

	Radical cleric emerges for sermon - The Boston Globe
		Sadr also might want to reassert control over his Mahdi militia, in which divisions have emerged over his order to pull back and avoid a collision with the US military during the ongoing crackdown.
		Sadr drove in a long motorcade from Najaf to its sister city of Kufa to deliver his sermon yesterday.
		Sadr's associates say his strategy rests in part on his belief that Washington will soon start reducing troop strength, leaving behind a hole in Iraq's security and political power structure that he can fill.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/05/26/radical_cleric_emerges_for_sermon (847 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Profile \| Moqtada Al-Sadr: Leader of orphans
		Moqtada's confusion is evident not only in his manner of speaking, but in the substance of what he says, even to the point that has been heard to contradict himself within the space of a single day.
		The Sadr movement, however, is supported by the clans that migrated to the city from the south, specifically from the governorates of Imara and Basra.
		Moqtada's detractors claim that if he escaped death that day, it was because his father had not thought him mature enough to accompany him on his missions.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/692/profile.htm (2452 words)

	Who Is Moqtada Sadr? (washingtonpost.com)
		Moqtada Sadr arrives at a press conference Aug. 9 at the shrine of Imam Ali in the battered holy Shiite city of Najaf.
		On Friday, Sadr issued a statement calling for U.S. withdrawal from Najaf, and one of the cleric’s aides said that, in exchange for his militia’s pullout from Najaf, Sadr also wanted its members granted amnesty and for his supporters to be allowed to participate in politics.
		Sadr is wanted for his alleged role in the April 2003 killing of a rival cleric, who was hacked to death by a mob in Najaf.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A57949-2004Apr7.html (813 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Who's who in Iraq: Moqtada Sadr
		Moqtada Sadr has been a turbulent presence in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, although followers of the radical Shia cleric have been drawn into - and have even propped up - the political process.
		The youngest son of Muhammad Sadiq Sadr - a senior Shia cleric assassinated in 1999, reportedly by agents of the Iraqi government - Moqtada Sadr was virtually unknown outside Iraq before the US-led invasion in March 2003.
		Moqtada Sadr denounces attack on UN HQ in Baghdad (in Arabic)
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3131330.stm (873 words)

	Nasdaq 100 Flash Quotes
		Sadr's salvo comes a week after the U.S. president and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced a deal ensuring a long-term presence of U.S. forces in the country.
		Sadr, known for his anti-American stance, also criticized the other top Shiite parties in Iraq, Maliki's Dawa and the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, or SIIC.
		Sadr's political bloc recently walked out of the governing Shiite alliance because of differences with the coalition partners.
	www.nasdaq.com /aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20071203\ACQDJON200712031151DOWJONESDJONLINE000492.htm& (272 words)

	MOQTADA SADR, THE CHAMPION OF LOSING OCCASIONS (Iran Press Service)
		Moqtada, during his life under the rule of Saddam had “no political activities but to be the editor of Al Hoda weekly, using the influence of his father, a publication that with some 500 copies, had no influence, even among the Shi’a, refraining from criticising the dictator”
		Hashemian, Moqtada’s followers are mostly young, illiterate fellows from poor villages or Baghdad who were either students of his father or enrolled in religious schools in Iran, “other Sunnis who changed side and traditional clothes for aba and ammameh (Shi’a clerics robe and turban), growing beards in joining Moqtada.
		These rights were also for Moqtada and his group, but from what they had learned under Saddam, they considered these freedoms as a theatre to show their force while considering the others as weak.
	www.iran-press-service.com /ips/articles-2004/april/iraq_moqtada_sadr_18404.shtml (839 words)

	IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS ; background (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moqtada Sadr had inherited the followers and organization of his father, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, one of the most respected and influential religious leaders in Iraq's modern history, who had been assassinated by Saddam Hussein in 1999 for speaking out against the regime.
		Moqtada Sadr's family had been involved in routing the British colonial occupation of Iraq earlier in the 20th century, they had risen up against the dictatorship of Saddam, and now his movement was warming to a new challenge.
		The Sadr movement had taken over the Imam Ali Shrine in the center of Najaf, and also the Islamic Court building, where many of their political opponents in the city were taken and a number executed.
	www.iraqinfragments.com /background (3211 words)

	US seizes Moqtada al-Sadr aide in Iraq : thewest.com.au
		Dealing with Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia is a burning issue for the Americans and Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki as they prepare what many see as a last-ditch effort to rein in sectarian violence that is pushing Iraq into civil war.
		Sadr, a young populist cleric with a mass following and some backing from Shi'ite Iran, is a key ally of Maliki, who has been criticised by Washington and leaders of the once dominant Sunni Arab minority for failing to disarm the Mehdi Army.
		Sadr himself has publicly distanced himself from violence blamed on his Mehdi Army supporters, whom the United States has called the biggest threat to the security of Iraq.
	www.thewest.com.au /aapstory.aspx?StoryName=349183 (544 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In brief, Moqtada Sadr is blamed for resorting to mosques, be it the Kufa Mosque or the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, and his partisans are blamed for resorting to the mosque to declare their "rejection" of despotism and foreign authority.
		Thus, Moqtada Sadr is twice wanted by the law; first, because he broke the orders of the political and religious authorities; and second, because he turned the mosques into war places to defend his principles and refusal of submission and despotism.
		Sadr III deployed every effort possible in resorting to the dialogue means and calling for a political settlement of the disputes, because he believes in the necessity of struggling for freedom and independence, but it seems that the other party is fed up and wants to eradicate its opponent.
	english.daralhayat.com /opinion/08-2004/Article-20040818-7214616c-c0a8-01ed-005a-151566739c88/story.html (934 words)

	Sadr pulls ministers out of Iraqi government - Telegraph
		Sadr triggered the crisis in a letter to supporters that demanded a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq.
		Sadr himself has sought to distance his populist movement from an unpopular government.
		Sadr himself did not appear - US officials say he is in hiding in Iran but his aides insist he is still in Iraq.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/16/wsadr116.xml (403 words)

	IRAQ: Muqtada al-Sadr - Council on Foreign Relations
		Sadr also has strong support in Najaf, the holy city where the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, Ali ibn Abi Talib, is buried.
		Sadr refused to meet a delegation from the Iraqi National Conference August 17, and the standoff continued until Sistani returned from London August 25 and negotiated a cease-fire agreement that left Sistani’s supporters in charge of the Imam Ali mosque.
		Ali Smeisim, a Sadr spokesman, told Al Jazeera August 30 that Sadr was calling on his forces to stop fighting and wait for an upcoming “political project.” Sadr supporters have said they will field candidates for the January elections and campaign on a platform calling for U.S. forces to withdraw.
	www.cfr.org /background/background_iraq_alsadr.php (1586 words)

	Dossier: The Sadrist Movement (July 2003)
		Until recently, US officials in Iraq had largely ignored Sadr, regarded by the Shiite clerical establishment as a young firebrand with modest religious credentials who is capitalizing on the reputation of his late father.
		Sadr's influence was greatest in the Shiite suburb east of Baghdad formerly known as Saddam City, but unofficially known by its original name, Madinat al-Thawra (City of the Revolution).
		When Sadr mistook a recent military deployment near his house for American preparations to arrest him, he even managed to mobilize 10,000 demonstrators in Najaf (many, if not most, of whom traveled from Sadr City to put on the show of strength).
	www.meib.org /articles/0307_iraqd.htm (1937 words)

	What exactly Is So "Radical" About Moqtada Sadr?
		Sadr and his family were vehemently opposed to the dictator and his regime, and for this they paid a heavy price – Sadr's uncle was executed in 1980, and his father and two brothers were shot dead in February 1999, forcing him to go underground.
		Sadr condemns those who cooperate with the occupiers, and has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians: "The fate of Iraq and Palestine are the same." While the US regularly threatens Syria and Iran, further destabilizing the Middle East, Sadr has vowed not to allow any attack on his country's neighbours from Iraqi territory.
		Sadr is also prepared to disband his army and form a political party to contest next January's elections.
	www.countercurrents.org /iraq-hitmat210804.htm (1135 words)

	Moqtada Sadr: U.S. Friend or Foe in Iraq? --RW/OR ONLINE
		Moqtada Sadr is the youngest son of Muhammad Sadiq Sadr, a renowned leading Shia cleric assassinated in 1999, reportedly by agents of Saddam's regime.
		Sadr had little choice but to accept the Americans' excuses for this truce violation as a means of saving face for himself, since he was in no position to do anything about it.
		Sadr's announcement that he will run in the 2005 elections means that he is now a candidate for an important position in that coalition.
	rwor.org /a/1249/awtw_iraq_sadr.htm (2783 words)

	Fold / Spindle / Mutilate 2.0 » Blog Archive » How Moqtada al-Sadr Controls U.S. Fate in Iraq
		Sadr himself wasdetermined to lead a national movement—using a potent mixture of anti-occupation militancy and millennial preaching about the coming of the mysterious 12th imam, who Shiites believe will save mankind.
		“Sadr is respected because of his lineage and because he speaks for the disenfranchised, the scared and the angry,” says a Chalabi aide, who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the subject.
		Sadr worries that Iran may be trying to infiltrate his movement, and he’s almost surely right.
	freddevan.com /wordpress/2006/11/26/how-moqtada-al-sadr-controls-us-fate-in-iraq (4725 words)

	Moqtada al-Sadr throws Iraqi unity talks into disarray \| Iraq \| Guardian Unlimited
		Mr Sadr's followers say they cannot forgive Mr Allawi for the bloody assault during his term in office on the al Mahdi army in the sacred Shia city of Najaf.
		The blunt statements by Mr Sadr are at odds with his partners and rivals in the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri), as well as with the powerful Kurdish bloc - the UIA's junior coalition allies.
		Although most agree it is better to have the unpredictable Mr Sadr within the political mainstream, his extreme religious views and nationalist rhetoric - designed in part to reach out to disaffected Sunnis - are likely to do little to heal the country's gaping ethnic and sectarian wounds.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,,1713411,00.html (806 words)

	Moqtada Sadr appelle à l'unité de l'Irak contre les américains - Lalibre.be
		Moqtada Sadr appelle à l'unité de l'Irak contre les américains - Lalibre.be
		Moqtada Sadr est arrivé dimanche matin à Bassorah (sud) venant d’Iran, après une tournée de plusieurs semaines au Moyen-Orient, qui l’avait conduit en Arabie saoudite où il effectué le pèlerinage à la Mecque, en Syrie, en Jordanie puis au Liban où il a écourté sa visite en raison des tensions communautés en Irak.
		Le chef radical chiite Moqtada Sadr, dont le mouvement est accusé d’avoir participé aux récentes exactions antisunnites, a appelé dimanche à son retour en Irak à une manifestation unitaire à Bagdad pour réclamer le départ des forces américaines.
	www.lalibre.be /article.phtml?id=10&subid=83&art_id=271329 (783 words)

	Sadr the agitator: like father, like son \| csmonitor.com
		Moqtada refers to the US as "Yazid," the name of the Ummayid Caliph whose men killed Imam Hussein, and talks about the martyrdom of both his own father and his uncle, the prominent Ayatollah and philosopher Mohammed Bakr al-Sadr, killed by the Hussein regime in 1980.
		Close aides to Moqtada say the regime approached the father in the early 1990s and even steered funding towards him in the hope that he'd help co-opt Shiite sentiment that had flared in the 1991 uprisings after the Gulf War.
		Moqtada, who's variously described as 31 or 33 years old, took control of his father's organization, going underground to build a network of clandestine cells with the goal of overthrowing the Hussein regime and establishing a Shiite theocracy.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0427/p01s03-woiq.html (2048 words)

	The Raw Story \| Dealing with Moqtada al Sadr, and failed communication
		Sadr, often described a “firebrand cleric,” has broad support from disaffected Shiites in the south of Iraq, near the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, as well as in the various neighborhoods in Baghdad.
		Sadr claims that one person was killed and six wounded in the exchange; marines are claiming two were killed in the incident.
		Considering one of Sadr’s aides was arrested in a raid on a convoy heading from Najaf to Kufa on Friday, it seemed like another raid on Sadr was entirely plausible.
	www.rawstory.com /exclusives/santiago/live_from_baghdad_moqtada_al_sadr_803.htm (944 words)

	VOA Interviews Nir Rosen on Moqtada al-Sadr \| The New America Foundation
		Hassan Nasrallah and Moqtada al-Sadr are both deeply religious Shi'ites who say they believe Islam holds the answer to the problems facing Muslim societies.
		The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq says Moqtada al-Sadr is responsible for much of the violence in Iraq, including a mob killing of a pro-American Shi'ite cleric in 2004.
		"Moqtada's movement began as a reaction to the U.S. occupation [of Iraq] and its leadership.
	www.newamerica.net /pressroom/2006/voa_interviews_nir_rosen_on_moqtada_al_sadr (292 words)

	Clashes threaten to reignite Shi'ite rising in Iraq
		Followers of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shot down a U.S. helicopter on Thursday in the Iraqi city of Najaf and two were killed by British troops in Basra in clashes that threatened to reignite a Shi'ite uprising.
		Followers of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shot down a U.S. helicopter in the Iraqi city of Najaf and two were killed by British troops in Basra in clashes that threatened to reignite a Shi'ite uprising.
		Sadr's aides said U.S. forces and Iraqi police had attacked first, adding that buildings near Najaf's revered Imam Ali shrine had been damaged, though the shrine itself was not hit.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-08/06/content_362418.htm (1090 words)

	Iraq Shia Rebel Cleric Moqtada Sadr defys America
		Moqtada - the name means ` a role model' became a student of Iranian Ayatollah Kadhem Al-Ha'iri, on whom he relies for fatwas and interpretations since he has no qualifications to do so.
		Sadr established himself as the de facto ruler of large Shia ghetto in North East Baghdad that was built by General Abdel Karim Qasim - a Shia officer backed by the communists, who's bloody coup ended the monarchy in 1958, - as ` al-Thawrah' (revolution) city', to be renamed by The Baathist, ` Saddam City'.
		Sadr created "courts" presided over by young judges among his followers, adjudicating individual disputes through verdicts carried out by "security committees." The only law recognised is Shia interpretation of Shari'a (Islamic law).
	www.mideastnews.com /sadr200804.html (1910 words)

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