Sentence examples for from sadr from inspiring English sources

Iraq's prime minister "doesn't have any coercive powers of his own," he said, calling Maliki "beholden to Sadr". Maliki won the prime minister's job with backing from Sadr, whose political bloc holds 30 seats in parliament.

"They're surrounding us," said Ali Hussein, 30, from Sadr City.

"It was a fight to prove our existence," said a young Shiite journalist from Sadr City.

If he had kept his views learned from Sadr and stayed in Najaf, it would have been better.

"My nephew got a call from Sadr City, on the cellphone of my brother," Mr. Mashhadani said.

The men were seized from Sadr City and released a month later in the southern city of Basra.

The appeals from Mr. Sadr came as he returned to Iraq from Iran, where he is studying to become a powerful religious leader.

Faced with attacks from Mr. Sadr's militias, the Ukrainian force in Kut retreated from its base in the town.

Despite the calls for reconciliation from Mr. Sadr's camp, an announcement in Arabic late Saturday afternoon from the shrine's loudspeakers called on militiamen to keep fighting.

It could not be independently confirmed that the statement was from Mr. Sadr.

"There was a misunderstanding from the Sadr office," Jassim said.