Iraq's top cleric calls for state to protect protests
over 4 years in Washington Times
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric called for security forces to protect anti-government protesters in a Friday sermon, after weeks of violence in Baghdad and southern Iraq, and amid seething tensions between demonstrators and followers of a radical preacher. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's words came two days ...
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