Quotes from Muqtada al Sadr

The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence.

We don't kill Iraqis - our hands do not kill Iraqis. But we target only the occupier with all the means of resistance.

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?

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

We are still fighters.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

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.

We are grateful to God.

I have a red line against the Americans.

If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.

Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier.

Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

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.

We have not forgotten the occupier. We remain a resistance.

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

Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies, which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.

America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means they see fit.

We do not kill an Iraqi.

So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are.

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

The resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me.

We condemn the view that the (U.S.-led) occupation's existence is beneficial for the Iraqi people because if it ended, there would be sectarian war - as if sectarian war has not already begun.

Saddam is a war criminal and there are no two people who can argue over this.

I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.