Muqtada al-Sadr Lashes Out Against US, Maliki
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has recently adopted methods used by his Lebanese counterpart Hassan Nasrallah, as Sadr mobilizes his supporters to protest against foreign powers and tyrannical regimes, writes Ali Abel Sadah.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is currently in Beirut, seems to be trying to imitate the experience of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, recently adopting Nasrallah’s approach in addressing his Shiite supporters in Iraq.
Amid Iraq's complicated internal crisis, Sadr brought up the liberation of the Golan Heights in Syria and lashed out against the US and the UK, which he described as countries that harbor evil and act as centers for global colonialism — expressions that Nasrallah has frequently used in his speeches over the years.
On March 16, Sadr criticized those governments and countries that “resort to America and Britain to save them from terrorism.”
Sadr’s speech was broadcasted via a large-screen television in front a crowd of supporters during a protest in the city of Kut (south of Baghdad) to commemorate the second anniversary of the “World Oppressed Day” that was launched by Sadr two years ago to demand public rights.
