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25 August, 2004
25 August 2004Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric, has returned to the country and is calling for citizens to march on the "burning city" of Najaf, Reuters reports. While details about the march are not yet known, there is speculation that it could exacerbate anger among the majority Shi'ite community and that Sistani's return is an attempt to reclaim political power from Sadr, who has called for his own followers to march on Najaf.
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