Iraqis demand end to American occupation

I find it interesting that Moqtada al Sadr has spent most of the past few years performing 'religious studies' in Iran.

It's all about power.

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Moqtada Goes Home

The powerful cleric returns to Iraq to cash in his political capital.

He’s back. After more than three years of self-imposed exile in Iran, the fiery Moqtada al-Sadr has returned to the holy city of Najaf. Sadr kept a relatively low profile during his time in Iran, but the pulpit-pounding cleric is unlikely to do the same in his home country. And there’s one good reason: Sadr is the man who helped Nuri al-Maliki keep his post as prime minister of Iraq.

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/06/feared-cleric-moqtada-al-sadr-returns-to-iraq.html