[lbo-talk] Sadr and a National Liberation Front (was Sistani, Elections, and Sectarianism)

Michael Pugliese michael.098762001 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 1 10:11:47 PDT 2006


Yoshie>..The pact is not good enough -- emphasis on de-Ba'athification law severely limits the pact's relevance for Sunnis -- but if Sadr learns to overcome his sectarianism concerning Ba'athists (since many joined the party for jobs or under duress), he can get to play the role that Nasrallah does in Lebanon.

Pretty fucking unlikely. http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=article&DocID=2861 America's Unlikely Savior Recently, the U.S. was calling for Muqtada al-Sadr's head. Now, the fiery cleric may be the only man who can defuse Iraq's Sunni-Shiite conflict.

By Nir Rosen Fellow

Salon February 3, 2006
>...Muqtada al-Sadr derives his power from his family connections. He
is the scion of the revolutionary Sadr family, one of the most illustrious religious names in Iraq. His great-uncle, Muhammad Bakr Sadr, was the most important Shiite theologian of the 20th century, writing about economics, politics and philosophy as well. Bakr Sadr led the Dawa Party, an underground movement whose members were decimated by the Baath Party. In 1980, after Bakr Sadr declared Baath Party membership forbidden, he was arrested with his sister, forced to watch her raped and executed, and then executed himself by having nails driven into his head. He became known as the First Martyr.

Nir Rosen, http://www.nirrosen.com/blog/ author of the book, "In the Belly of the Green Bird: , The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq" on the Iraqi insurgency, based on extensive on the ground reportage there.

-- Michael Pugliese



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