Muqtada al-Sadr

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Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi cleric, politician and former militia leader. A leading Shia Muslim figure, he inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, and founded the now-dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq.

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Battles (4)

• 2003

  Iraq War

  War on Terrorism · Ba'athist Iraq

• 2004

  Najaf

  Iraq War · Mahdi Army

• 2006

  Battle of Amarah

  Iraqi Civil War of 2006–2008 · Mahdi Army

• 2008

  Battle of Basra

  Iraq War · Mahdi Army