Influence rises but base frays for Iraqi cleric
13th Nov 2006, 14:14 GMT
The more settled Moktada al-Sadr becomes in the Iraqi government, the looser his grip is over his fighters on the streets. Posters of Moktada al-Sadr are still prominent in Shiite areas like Sadr City, in Baghdad.
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