SADR

1 As I recall the SADR army quit fighting before the surge even occured.

The Nation: Top Stories 2009

Ali Jasim/Reuters SHIITE MILIITIAS ROIL SADR CITY: A masked Iraqi Shiite militiaman dashed across a street, carrying a rocket propelled grenade launcher, near graffiti which reads in Arabic 'No Bush', in the east Baghdad suburb of al Sadr city on Aug. 7, 2004.

Looking Back at Iraq 2011

FAWZI TARZI, AL-SADR PARLIAMENTARIAN (through translator): Let it be known that disbanding the Mehdi army will mean the end of Mr. Maliki's government and therefore the seize of Sadr City should end immediately or all options are open to us.

CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008 2008

VERY HAppy man, according to their Culture over there in SADR IRAN and AFghan. also axis to GAZA Jordania etc.

OpEdNews - Diary: Petraeus Hearings Open Thread 2008

BAHA AL ARAJI, MUQTADA AL SADR SPOKESMAN (through translator): Many gangs and groups are working for foreign intelligence agencies in Iraq and they claim to operate in the name of the Mahdi Army, which is false and has no basis.

CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2007 2007

BAHA AL ARAJI, MUQTADA AL SADR SPOKESMAN (through translator): Many gangs and groups are working for foreign intelligence agencies in Iraq and they claim to operate in the name of the Mahdi Army, which is false and has no basis.

CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007 2007

Consistent with the ANC positions on this matter, government has committed to funding projects amounting to R22 million to assist the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the field of humanitarian assistance, land mine removal and building a community sports facility over the next three years.

Opening address and political report of The President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki, to The 52nd National Conference 2007

HAZIM AL-ARAJI, SENIOR SADR SHIITE CLERIC (through translator): If you want somebody to tell you to kill and there is no one, I tell you to kill.

CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2007 2007

BASICALLY WHAT SADR IS SAYING IS “Bring em on ” But I beleive Hilary is going to baghdad next week to try for the oil contracts first

Think Progress » Official U.S. Military Dictionary Includes ‘Escalation,’ Not ‘Surge’ 2007

BAHA AL ARAJI, MUQTADA AL SADR SPOKESMAN (through translator): Many gangs and groups are working for foreign intelligence agencies in Iraq and they claim to operate in the name of the Mahdi Army, which is false and has no basis.

CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007 2007