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sectionChapter 7: The Shia "resistance" [5933ea90]

Part of Rayburn - Iraq After America

  • Sadrists ballooned into a "resistance" axis

  • Sadiq Sadr employed same methods as muslim brotherhood, attracted smart students to study religion under him

    • His movement outlasted him
  • Invasion was broadly not aware of the Sadrist movement in 2003

  • 3 groups fought for Najaf in 2003

    • Hakim and SCIRI
    • Sadrists

    • Clerical Establishment

      • Run by Abdul Majid al-Khoei

    • Jaysh akmahdi represented a mobilization of lower-class shias
  • Movement in 2004 lead to the spintering
  • Insurgents had issues with Muqtada's leadership, driving them towards Qassem Solemani

  • SCIRI and Badrists were too close to the US for Iran in 2004, Sadrists presented a good counterweight

    • Lebeanese hzbollah were useful staging ground
  • Muhandis capitalized on the Sadrists split

  • 3 later groups

    • Muqtada groups
    • AAH, worked with Quds
    • KH

  • 2006-7

    • Maliki took advantage of the Sadrist split, tried to build AAH as an alternative to Muqtada al-Sadr

  • sistani was a target

    • Iranians
    • Strange cults such as Soldiers of the Heart

  • Sadrists aimed to follow hezbollah's example of creating a state within a state by capturing key ministries

    • Health, Water, Transportation, etc
  • Muhandis moved freely within Quds force
  • MEK - Mujahdeen -e Kalq