Sadr continues to maintain he is against the sectarian violence, and the media has been complicit in providing him cover by claiming the violence conducted by the Mahdi Army is due to rogue elements outside his control...
His followers are complicit in numerous incidents of sectarian murders,and yet Sadr has yet to denounce a single incident. As we noted on October 20th, "He has not identified these out of control militias, closed offices or denounced them specifically. Sadr is playing a double game of maintaining his militia against the law while pretending to be a responsible member of government."
When reading this article and considering events you should keep in mind that Sadr is at least supported by Iran. It would be guesswork on my part to discuss the degree to which he was directly controlled from Iran but, recall the Cox and Forkum cartoon on the subject...
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