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Byline: Rod Nordland and Scott Johnson ( Zoran Cirjakovic Joe Cochrane and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Mark Hosenball Michael Hastings and Sarah Sennott Kathryn Williams Ayesha McAdams-Mahmoud William Lee Adams )
Iraq: A Question of Timing
Officially, Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani flew to London last week for heart treatment. But the timing of his trip left many of his own followers wondering if his reasons were only medical. He left just as battles between U.S. Marines and Shiite rebels in his hometown of Najaf brought the worst death toll of any engagement in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's fall. U.S. Marine Corps spokes-man Lt. Col. Gary Johnston said ...
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...cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and the supreme...become Iraq's next prime minister. The current prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari...backer is the radical Sadr, who commands a...a new actor for prime minister, an end to Sadr's star role...
- EDITORIAL: Iraqi prime minister placates Shiites, worsens relations with...
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...complication developed. Mr. Sadr also is highly influential...coalition of Iraq's prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki...Shiite constituency. Mr. Sadr called for a general...removal on Tuesday. The prime minister clearly had made up his...
