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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric calls for restraint
13 Jun 2007 09:33:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, June 13 (Reuters) - Revered cleric Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shi'ite religious leader, called for restraint on Wednesday after the bombing of an important Shi'ite mosque.

"He condemns the attack and urges calm and not to do acts of reprisal against Sunnis," Sistani's spokesman, Hamed Khafaf, told Reuters.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) talks to President Jalal Talabani during a meeting in Baghdad June 15, 2007.



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