From this thread:
BODIES IN CLERIC'S COURT (At least 25 Bodies found in basement in Al Sader's court!)
To: kaehurowing
Isn't this the guy John Kerry called the "legitimate voice" of Iraq?
That would be an exaggeration, if sadly only a slight one. The U.S. (Coalition Provisional Authority, before the transfer of sovereignty) closed down Al Sadr's newspaper on the grounds that it repeatedly violated the single proviso place on journalistic freedom in Iraq: agitating for violence against the Coalition and/or Iraqi leaders.
In an NPR interview, Kerry claimed this was wrong because Sadr was "a legitimate voice".