File - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, steps from an office building in Najaf, Iraq. The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called ... more 

File - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, steps from an office building in Najaf, Iraq. The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday Dec.26 2011 for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File) less