More Than Just a Firebrand Cleric ; an Engrossing Portrait of a Man Who has Become a Hero of the Resistance and the Most Powerful Political Figure in Iraq

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Muqtada al Sadr and the Fall of Iraq by Patrick Cockburn ( Faber, [pounds] 16.99 )

The war in Iraq has had a number of unintended consequences, among them the promotion of axis-of-evil Iran to regional superpower. One of the most remarkable has been the emergence of Muqtada al Sadr as perhaps the most powerful political figure in the country.

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More Than Just a Firebrand Cleric ; an Engrossing Portrait of a Man Who has Become a Hero of the Resistance and the Most Powerful Political Figure in Iraq

Remarkable in the sense that where Washington was seeking to create an Iraq ruled by pro-Western, suitwearing, secular democrats, it has somehow managed to elevate Muqtada, a militant, tur...

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