Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Muqtada al-Sadr, the most powerful man in Iraqi politics?

MOHAMMED A. SALIH for Al-Monitor Many believe the storming of the Iraqi parliament by pro-Sadr protesters will only destroy the space for political work in a country where armed conflict has long been a way of settling differences.

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