Iraq: Maliki, Sadr and his call for demonstrationsnote

Iraqi radical Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr is said to be going ahead with his plans to hold large-scale demonstrations across Iraq as of May 25, 2011 and to include the demonstrations parades for the Army of the Mahdi. The following 479-word report tells what lies behind Al-Sadr’s call for these demonstrations and what about the reaction of leading Shiite cleric Ali Sistani and PM Nouri Al-Maliki.