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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I renew my call for the occupier (the United States) to leave our land.
Radical Cleric Blames U.S. for Iraq Woes 30 March 2007
I seek the spread of freedom and democracy in the way that satisfies God.
Iraqi cleric calls 9/11 'miracle from God', CNN, March 27, 2004.
I would like to address the peoples of the world, especially the Arab peoples and the US people.
Source: BBC News
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