Moqtada_Sadr - Protesters demonstrate in Sadr City, Iraq

Protesters demonstrate in Sadr City, Iraq

Demonstrators display a poster of anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest march after Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City Iraq on August 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)


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BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr blasted Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim on Friday for tacitly supporting an extended stay for foreign troops in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Backers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said they would hold key government posts in the next Iraqi government should a new Shiite slate win in January elections.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 22 (UPI) -- The visit to Damascus by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr was part of a broader effort to strengthen ties between the two Arab neighbors, officials said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 20 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad met Monday in Damascus with radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr to discuss the situation in Iraq following the U.S. troop drawdown.
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LONDON, May 6 (UPI) -- The visit to Ankara by radical cleric Moqtada Sadr following a two-year exile in Iran may be political showmanship on several fronts, analysts said.
BAGHDAD, April 29 (UPI) -- Three car bomb explosions at marketplaces in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood Wednesday left at least 41 people dead and 68 others injured, officials said.
Protests mark Saddam's fall six years ago
BAGHDAD, April 9 (UPI) -- Followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr demonstrated in Baghdad to mark the sixth anniversary of the fall of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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BASRA, Iraq, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The deployment of Iraqi soldiers in a volatile Basra neighborhood is a sign of security gains, but those gains may be tested as political rivalries unfold.
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