And the young firebrand Muqtada al-Sadr was written off as a street thug rather than the leader of a loose-knit but significant grassroots movement among the Shia poor.

• 并且年轻的煽动叛乱者撒达尔被一笔勾销为一名街头暴徒而不是在什叶派穷人之间松散但巨大的草根运动的领袖。