Sadr City

Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر الثاني Madīnat al-Sadr ath - Thani, DMG Madīnat al-Sadr at- Tani ) is a north-eastern suburb of Baghdad in Iraq. It is west bounded by the Army canal and east through another channel. The Imam Ali road and Umar -bin- Khalab - road limit the southern district.

It was established following the overthrow of the monarchy by the new Prime Minister Abd al- Karim Qasim as a city of revolution ( مدينة ألثورة Madīnat ath - Thaura, DMG Madīnat AT Ṯawra ) 1959. In particular, Shia, who were persecuted under the regime of Saddam Hussein later, settled in this district. After Saddam Hussein's takeover of the district unofficially in Saddam City ( مدينة صدام Madīnat Saddam, Saddam Madīnat DMG ) has been renamed. In 1982 the official name change. After the invasion of Baghdad in 2003 by coalition forces, the influence of the old regime ended abruptly. Paramilitaries under the radical Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr to increase their influence in the district succeeded. The district was finally in the spring of 2003 by Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr - renamed the father of Muqtada al-Sadr and oppositional against Saddam Hussein in Madīnat al-Sadr ath - Thani. Currently, about two million people live in the district. Until 2008, Sadr City one of the biggest security risks for the U.S. occupation forces dar.

In Sadr City, a Joint Security Station is the Iraqi armed forces and police.