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Muqtada al Sadr

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Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi cleric, politician and former militia leader. A leading Shia Muslim figure, he inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, and founded the now-dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq.

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No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrori…
Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies, which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.
If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve t…

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For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.
Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.
Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies, which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.