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grantcart

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1. sounds like a reasonable guy

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2018, 05:48 PM

May 2018

But Sadr has grown increasingly pragmatic over the years and formed a cross-sectarian electoral alliance emphasizing Iraqi nationalism over loyalty to Iranian clerics and American military and political backing. He has also broken ranks with Iraq’s Shiite establishment by denouncing Iran’s involvement in Syria’s civil war and its bid for expanded influence in Iraq.

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