IRAQ: Sadr plans long-term political future

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  • Aims and objectives
  • Short term
  • Cessation of government persecution
  • Release of prisoners
  • Downscaling of foreign military influence
  • Long term
  • Clerical jurisprudence
  • Iraqi self-rule
  • Sadr weaknesses
  • Military
  • Political
  • Religious
  • Offsetting strengths
  • Urban support
  • Destabilisation capability
  • Political prospects
  • Iranian influence

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