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Muqtada al-Sadr's Political Aspirations

By Alex Chadwick
Published October 14, 2004 at 9:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Shiite Muslim scholar Juan Cole of the University of Michigan about how the political aspirations of Iraqi insurgent leader Muqtada al-Sadr may affect the planned January elections in Iraq.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.
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