Sadr believes he can do this.
Sadr will not be Iraq's next prime minister.
Iraq's Sadr gives PM one year to prove himself.
Sadr cannot become prime minister because he did
not run in the election.
Sadr himself cannot become prime minister as he did
not run in the election.
The Sadr- us-
Sadr, chief Sadr and Diwan Ala were appointed by the king.
Mr Sadr was sanctioned as public enemy number one by Washington following the
2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.
The chief Sadr was called the Sadr- ul-
Sadur or the Sadr- i- Jahan and also Sadr- i- Kul.
Sadr still remains an unremitting critic of the US military
presence in his country- which currently numbers at nearly 8,000 personnel- and the US-backed central government in Baghdad.
Disoriental tells the story of 25-year-old Kimiâ Sadr, caught in a liminal space between past and present,
and whose Iranian ancestors continue to populate her thoughts as she builds her life in modern-day France.
Despite the best efforts of the Iraqi and US armies, Sadr and his men- who came to epitomize the post-invasion insurgency-
continued to control large parts of Baghdad, most notably the so-called‘Sadr city' district, almost unhindered.
Sadr will now set out to begin negotiating
the formation of a new government with his former political rivals, including Iran-backed militia chief Hadi Al-Amiri, who came in second place in the parliamentary election and led the fight against Daesh in Mosul.
According to scholars of the Middle East, much of Sadr's legitimacy is derived from cocktail of nationalism and religiosity,
which has made him a credible leadership figure, particularly in the eyes of Iraq's poor, to whom he has promised the complete removal of US influence in Baghdad.