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Sword of the Shia.
- Source :
- Newsweek (Atlantic Edition); 12/4/2006 (Atlantic Edition), Vol. 148 Issue 23, p24-34, 11p, 6 Color Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The article discusses the powerful role played by Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraq. Sadr's Mahdi Army is a killing presence in Baghdad, and Sadr himself is compared to a popular Mafia Don who can wage political or actual war any time he chooses. He embodies what the author says the Americans have long misread: religious sentiment, economic resentment, and sectarian passions.
- Subjects :
- IRAQ War, 2003-2011
SECTARIANISM
FACTIONALISM (Politics)
MILITIAS
MAHDI
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01637053
- Volume :
- 148
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Newsweek (Atlantic Edition)
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 23709346