4/25/24 Dana Taib Menmy on the Impending Return of Muqtada al-Sadr

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Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Scott interviews Iraqi journalist Dana Taib Menmy about an article he wrote on the possibility that cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may return to Iraqi politics after a nearly three-year withdrawal. Scott and Menmy discuss who Sadr is, why he left, why it seems he may return and how that will impact both Iraqi politics and the stability of the whole region. Discussed on the show: “Will Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr end his political quarantine?” (The New Arab) Dana Taib Menmy is The New Arab's Iraq Correspondent, writing on issues of politics, society, human rights, security, and minorities. Follow him on Twitter @danataibmenmy This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Will Iraq's Muktada al-Sader end his political quarantine.
1:06.6	deep into Iraqi politics here where we belong.
1:08.8	Welcome to the show. How are you doing, Dana?
1:13.7	Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm fine. Great, really appreciate you joining us here.
1:15.8	All right, so.
1:16.8	Thank you.
1:18.2	We're having this conversation in the future
1:20.6	and a lot of people are new and don't know who Muqtad-All-Sotter is.
1:24.2	So can you give us a brief sketch of the subject of our discussion here today?
1:36.0	Yeah, thank you for having me for this job. Muk, Sutter is a prominent sphere of cleric in Iraq. He has been engaged in Iraq's politics since the 2003 and he's now
1:51.8	have free and he's now have a wide population.
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