Muqtada al sadr
This is the first title about Muqtada al-Sadr, the most important political figure in post-occupation Iraq, who leads a movement that opposed both.. Lire la suite
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This is the first title about Muqtada al-Sadr, the most important
political figure in post-occupation Iraq, who leads a movement that
opposed both Saddam Hussein and the US occupation. The rise of Muqtada
has been one of the great surprises of the occupation. At first grossly
underestimated by the US, he has become the kingmaker of Iraq and a
force that is indispensable to any Iraqi government. His combination of
nationalism and religious fervour proved deeply attractive to countless
angry and impoverished Iraqi Shia: the Mehdi Army, his devoted militia,
now rules half of Baghdad. Far from being the 'firebrand cleric'
portrayed in the Western media, Muqtada is an astute and experienced
politician who struggles to lead an anarchic mass movement that he only
half controls. In a compelling narrative, award-winning war
correspondent Patrick Cockburn charts the rise of Muqtada.
He examines the Shia uprisings; Muqtada's family
background (in particular the martyrdom of his father, Mohammed Sadiq,
and his father-in-law, Mohammed Baqir, by Saddam Hussein); his
leadership of the 70,000-strong Mahdi army; his links to the Iranians;
his ambivalent relations with the Iraqi government; and the botched
attempt to kill him by the US. Cockburn has reported from Iraq since
1977, often at great personal risk. Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq
combines first-hand accounts of his investigations with vivid and
dismaying descriptions of the war, and is one of the few books to be
based on interviews with Iraqi eyewitnesses. It is essential reading for
anyone who wishes to understand the tragedy of Iraq - and its potential
consequences.
