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Muqtada al-Sadr Attacks Iraq's Integrity Committee

The Iraqi Commission of Integrity has become the latest target in Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s campaign against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a dispute that began in 2008, writes Ali Abel Sadah.
Iraqi Muslim worshippers, reflected on a portrait of the Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, perform Friday Prayers outside al-Sadr's office in eastern Baghdad March 25, 2005. REUTERS/Ali Jasim  HH/CCK - RTR61YO
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The movement of Iraqi religious figure Muqtada al-Sadr has launched a fierce campaign against the Commission of Integrity, accusing it of covering up for corrupt officials.

Key members of the movement have called for the interrogation of Alaa al-Saadi, the head of the commission, who has close ties to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Islamic Dawa party.

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