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Demonstrators chant slogans as they march in Basra
04 Apr 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Demonstrators chant slogans as they march in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad April 4, 2008. About 1,500 supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took the streets of Basra protesting the arrest of Mehdi army fighters by the Iraqi military and the U.S. military occupation in Iraq. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ)
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