Strong anti-Sadr chants from Najaf students, “There is no God but God and Sadr is the enemy of God,” and “Muqtada Sadr is a killer.” pic.twitter.com/64XLmp4alM
— Pesha Magid (@PMagid) February 9, 2020
Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi radical Shia cleric, politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of Saraya al-Salam, a Shia militia that is a reformation of the previous militia he led during the American occupation of Iraq, the Mahdi Army. There were reports on 7 December 2019 of an armed drone attack on Sadr.
Protests are taking place in large Iraqi cities, including Najaf.