Sadr

Short-term Sadr is a real problem -- especially those Sadrist elements that are lobbing mortars into the Green Zone and setting bombs to kill American troops.

Weekend Book Club–Iraq edition - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

The most deadly incident took place in Sadr City, where 21 people were killed.

Scores die in bomb attacks on Baghdad Shia areas Martin Chulov in Baghdad 2010

Remember Muqtada Al Sadr is still around in Qom (Iran).

We are finishing up the handover of security for Iraqi cities to the Iraqi government. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

Al-Sadr is currently in Qom, Iran studying to become an ayatollah.

Matt Kane: Iraqnophobia: The Political Tornado of American and Iranian Influence in Iraq's Parliament Matt Kane 2010

The bodies of three gay men were reported to have been found in Sadr City in April with pieces of paper bearing the word for "pervert" attached to them.

It's Deadly To Be Gay in Iraq 2009

Adnan Anbar, a 42-year-old man who was crossing the street in Sadr City when the parked car blew up, questioned the effectiveness of the hundreds of police and army checkpoints scattered throughout Baghdad.

Baghdad Blasts Kill Scores, Over 200 Hundred Wounded AP 2010

I predict Sadr is dead not long after American troops leave.

Matthew Yglesias » The Success of the Surge 2009

Grand Ayatollah Baqr al-Sadr is generally regarded as the most significant and innovative Shia scholar of the 20th century, whose work deeply influenced both Sunni and Shia scholars and activists.

Wonk Room » The Growing Iranian Clerical Critique 2009

One militia group, calling itself أهل الحق or “The Righteous Ones” is reported to have been posting lists of names of alleged homosexuals in Sadr City, and threatening to persecute them.

Global Voices in English » Iraq: Organised ‘crackdown’ on homosexuals 2009

Sadr is only one of a great number of Islamist thinkers who have struggled with the question of how to create a just, modern society.

Wonk Room » The Growing Iranian Clerical Critique 2009