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2024-05-13 Iraq
Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
[IsraelTimes] Observers say return likely for planned 2025 parliamentary election, could pose threat to rival Shiite parties and armed factions close to Iran, undermining relative stability

Powerful Iraqi Shiite Moslem holy man 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...
is laying the groundwork for a political comeback two years after a failed and ultimately deadly high-stakes move to form a government without his Shi’ite rivals, multiple sources said.

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-05-13 2024-05-13 01:00|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ]  Top
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