Al-Sadr's preaching is critical of the US occupation, but he did not initially join the Sunni Islamist and Baathist guerrillas in their attacks on coalition forces.
Isi ceramah-ceramah Al-Sadr kritis terhadap pendudukan AS, namun mulanya ia tidak bergabung dengan kaum Islam Sunni dan gerilyawan Baath dalam serangan-serangan mereka terhadap pasukan-pasukan Koalisi.