tokens: And while Al - Maliki reached a new level of confrontation in his attack in parliament a few days ago when he denounced those he called " politicians during the day and pro-Saddam militias and terrorists at night , " Diri Al - Sadri who escaped an American raid to capture him is still active , and openly so , in his stronghold in Al - Sadr city some of whose residents boasted in a statement reported by the London newspaper Al - Hayat of what they called Abu Diri 's relations with officials who visit in order to get close to him .