Online dictionary of Iraq war: Muqtada al-Sadr

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Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr
alternative words: Moqtada Sadr
keywords: cleric , famous person
related topics: Mahdi Army
related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moqtada_Sadr , http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/815FF50A-4D63-43CB-A404-84DF9E6CDF70.htm
explanation: Born in 1974 as the youngest son of a Shia dignitary, Muhammad Sadiq Sadr, assassinated in 1999 by Saddam's secrete police, is a rising political figure in the post war Iraq. Though he has not received enough education to be recognized in Shia hierarchy, thanks to the reputation of his farther and a support from Iranians (he married with a family of Iranian dignitary), he has successfully organized a militia army, al Mahdi to oppose the coalition force.

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