Author: Babak Rahimi
March 29, 2007
Analysis from the Jamestown Foundation of the growing connection between the young miltant leader Moqtada al-Sadr, and the highest-ranking Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The writer says this unlikely alliance between former adversaries is likely to shape Iraqi Shiite politics in the years to come.
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