
Ahmad al-Rubaye
An Iraqi youth walks towards a poster depicting Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (R) and his father Ayatollah Mohammed Sadq al-Sadr, assassinated by the regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1988, in Baghdad. It is mid-June and Baghdad is locked in political intrigue -- will Nuri al-Maliki retain the premiership? Or will rival blocs overcome historic animosity?