A demonstrator in Baghdad shows an image of Moqtada Al Sadr on her phone. Impoverished members of the Shiite community living in the Iraqi capital and the south of the country comprise the core of Mr Al Sadr's support. AFP
A demonstrator in Baghdad shows an image of Moqtada Al Sadr on her phone. Impoverished members of the Shiite community living in the Iraqi capital and the south of the country comprise the core of Mr Show more
Iraqi populist cleric backs down from anti-US action
Moqtada Al Sadr has tempered his call for a march against the presence of American troops in Iraq as fears grow of other militias using the event to derail the uprising he backs