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Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

Muqtada al Sadr

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Muqtada al Sadr
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 12
Clergyman
Politician
An Najaf
Muqtada
Al-Sadr
Resistance
Heart
Occupier
Rejection

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