Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - A Shi'ite storm in the making: "Sadeq's power base was so deeply grounded in the plebeian Shi'ite population, especially in eastern Baghdad, that still four years after his assassination in 1999 by Saddam's regime his movement continued to expand. On entering Iraq after more than 20 years of exile in Iran in 2003, Hakim witnessed the rise of a major Shi'ite political rival, a young cleric named Muqtada al-Sadr, who would publicly question his bravery and Iraqi credentials for not only failing to stand up to Saddam, but also for being a foreign agent backed by the Iranian government. "
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