MUQTADA AL SADR

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.

Help me by whatever you are pleased to do in your provinces.

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts?

No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights.

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.

I have a red line against the Americans.

We continue to resist the occupier militarily, culturally and by all means of the resistance.

Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.

When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support.

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.

The Americans were never interested in what was best for the Shiites.

The small Satan left and the great Satan came.

I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.

God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.

The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.

All Iraqis should live under one roof and for one goal.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

We are still fighters.

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?

Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way.

The resistance does not mean that everyone can carry a weapon. The weapon is only for the people of the weapons.

Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.