Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com. This summer I am joined by Keir Wilmut and Omar Soliman. Tuesday, April 06, 2004 Moqtada al-Sadr: Iraq's Howard Dean Who is this man? The mysterious Moqtada, this crazy cleric (and apparent murderer) wreaking havoc in Shiite Iraq? Well, the guy is basically the Howard Dean of Shiite politics. He's a real zealot. Below are two pictures I took while in Baghdad last May. As you can see, even back then he and his followers were whipping up anti-US setiment. What I remember is that his supporters are young, radical, zealous men -- Islamist idealists in their 20s. Now, these pictures were taken almost a year ago. So, you get a sense of how long Sadr has been working on stirring up the masses. What's happening now in Iraq is a product of a year's worth of effort. Young Iraqis holding a pro-Sadr sign, downtown Baghdad, May 2003 Men gathering in downtown Baghdad for a pro-Sadr/anti-US occupation march, May 2003 # posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:00 AM    << Home   National Post peeps RSS - Syndicate me! Andrew Coyne J. Kelly Nestruck Bob Fulford Jonathan Kay Colby Cosh George Jonas Everyone else Maderblog The Shotgun Paul Tuns Paul Wells Damian Penny Peter Loewen Stephen Taylor Cory MacDonald Kathy Shaidle Conservative Hipster Vincent Geloso October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008