Pada 30 Maret, Sheikh Abdul Hadi Al-Muhamadawi, yang berbicara atas nama As-Sadr di Kufa, mendesak rakyat Irak agar melancarkan protes pada 9 April, peringattan keempat jatuhnya Baghdad dan tergulingnya mantan presiden Saddam Hussein.
On March 30, Sheikh Abdul Hadi al-Muhamadawi, speaking on behalf of Sadr in Kufa, urged Iraqis to protest on April 9, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad and the overthrow of former president Saddam Hussein.