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Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gives sermon during Friday prayers at Kufa shrine in the holy city of Najaf
24 Nov 2006
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Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gives a sermon during Friday prayers at the Kufa shrine in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 24, 2006. A day after seeing his Baghdad power base devastated by explosions, radical Shi'ite cleric al-Sadr called on Iraq's most prominent Sunni religious leader to tell his followers to stop killing Shi'ites.
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Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (3rd L) speaks during a news conference after a meeting of top government officials in Baghdad, November 26, 2006. Iraqi Prime Minister Buri al- Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his national unity government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days. Iraq's government officials from (L-R) are Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, President Jalal Talabani, al-Dabbagh, Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki, and Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie.


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