[SHAFAQ] Salih Muhammad al-Iraqi, a self-proclaimed advisor of Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
 ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
, said that the Coordination Framework's intention to hold a parliamentary session and proceed with forming the federal government is a " brazen act."
Al-Iraqi said, "I was not surprised by the positions of (the blatant Coordination Framework) nor by its (blatant militias) when they challenged the entire people, their reference and their sects, that they would resume the Parliament session to form their (blatant government)."
He added, "They have no religion, no morals...what a (blatant tripartite) that does not know the meaning of reform, revolution, peace, or people's suffering."
The Minister of al-Sadr refers to three CF leaders as "blatant tripartite" Nuri al-Maliki, Qais Khazali, and Ammar al-Hakim.
Al-Sadr's minister added, "This group loves corruption, money, and vice, and did not attempt, not even once, to uncover a single corruption file."
"If they do not declare mourning, let them consider the Sadrist Movement and me their number-one enemy."
He called "the neighbor, Iran, to rein in" its forces in Iraq.
Al-Sadr would return as a popular, not political leader, source
[SHAFAQ] A Source close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada Tater al-Sadr, revealed that al-Sadr would resume his work within a few days.
Earlier, al-Sadr announced his resignation from political life.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, "Al-Sadr would return to the Iraqi arena as a popular leader, not a political and opposition man, and he would follow steps to oppose the formation of any consensus government that is based on quotas."
"Al-Sadr would not interfere in politics; he will secure popular pressure to prevent forming any consensus government dissolve and run early elections." The source pointed out.
Since the aftermath of the US-led invasion in 2003 that toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has been governed under a sectarian power-sharing system.
Sadr, whose father was one of Iraq's most respected Shiite holy mans, has gradually grown into a key political player in this landscape, bolstered by a Shiite support base that he often mobilizes to press his demands.
Since elections last October, disagreements between Sadr and a rival Iran-backed Shiite force known as the Coordination Framework have left Iraq without a new government, prime minister, or president.
Tensions escalated sharply on Monday when Sadr loyalists stormed the government palace inside the Green Zone after he announced he was quitting politics.
But Sadr's supporters then left the Green Zone on Tuesday afternoon when he appealed for them to withdraw within the hour -- a demonstration of the cult-like following that earned him his kingmaker status. 
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