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Ali Abel Sadah

Ali Abel Sadah

Mar 22, 2013

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (C) takes part in Friday prayers participated by Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim worshippers in a gesture of unity at the Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION) - RTR3C3HZ — Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr takes part in Friday prayers for Sunni and Shiite worshippers in a gesture of Muslim unity at the Abd al-Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad, Jan. 4, 2013. — REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Muslim worshippers, reflected on a portrait of the Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, perform Friday Prayers outside al-Sadr's office in eastern Baghdad March 25, 2005. REUTERS/Ali Jasim HH/CCK - RTR61YO

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Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (R) and Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), hold a news conference in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Haider Ala (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZEUT

Sadr Gives Maliki 'Final Warning'

Ammar al-Hakim (L), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold a news conference in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Haider Ala (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZEUL

Iraqi Shiite Political Leaders Opposing Al-Maliki

Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr carry Iraqi national flags during a rally, which the participants said was against sectarianism and injustice, in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3F2NC

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