Iraq: Maliki, Sadr and May 26 paradenote

The Sadr Movement staged a massive rally on 26/5/11 in Baghdad during which unarmed fighters of its affiliate Army of the Mahdi paraded in a disciplined military manner. The following 431-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki. It also tells what about the relation between Al-Maliki and radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.