Najaf

...and his sons in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr and two of his sons was gunned down by suspected Saddam Hussein agents in 1998 in the holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) - AP BAGHDAD A delay in the...

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...free to prove they can lead Iraq down the proper path, he says. He believes the Shiite leaders of Najaf, such as the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, have done just that. "Believe me, without the leadership of Najaf, without its preaching...

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Security forces march through the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Thousands have gathered in al-Sadr's largest Baghdad stronghold and in other...

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...of emulation", among Shia until his death in 1970. Abdul-Aziz himself studied theology in Najaf where he married a daughter of Mohammed Hadi al-Sadr, from another prominent Shia Muslim clan. After Mohsen al-Hakim's death, the family...

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...against Iran and other cases and causes that date back centuries. In the outskirts of the cemetery, the city fades into the background and the graves grow farther apart. This area is for the newly dead, the ones killed in the violence that...

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