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Mudville Gazette: Influential |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Ricardo Sanchez writes a profile of Moqtada al Sadr for Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list:In April 2004, al-Sadr's militia attacked coalition forces and took control of most provincial capitals in southern Iraq. In response, President Bush officially declared al-Sadr the enemy and ordered the military to capture or kill him. "We can't allow one man to change the course of the country," stated Bush in a video teleconference. "He must be wiped out." However, within a week, the...read
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