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Be careful not to project Western norms about age onto the adversary. In addition to the three ways listed earlier, he could have risen to early leadership through any number of other ways:
- family/clan ties
- special skills/training
- battlefield performance
- religious credentials
- access to special resources
- more senior leaders splintering away from Sadr's central control
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