An Iraqi man holds up posters of Shiite Muslim anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (L) and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (R) during a protest following Friday noon prayers in Firdoos Square in central Baghdad on November 21, 2008. Thousands of mostly Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain until 2011. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

An Iraqi man holds up posters of Shiite Muslim anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (L) and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (R) during a protest following Friday noon prayers in Firdoos Square in central Baghdad on November 21, 2008. Thousands of mostly Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain until 2011.

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  1. An Iraqi man chants slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.

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  1. Iraqi women chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.
  2. Iraqi women chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.
  3. An Iraqi man chants slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.
  4. Iraqis chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated throughout Iraq in response of the call by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections, and for improved public services, revealing growing discontent among Iraqis with the pace of reconstruction more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.
  5. Iraqi men chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Basra, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. More than 500 persons participated in a demo in central Basra this morning, in response of the call that launched by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections.
  6. Iraqi men chant slogans during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi constitutional party in Basra, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. More than 500 persons participated in a demo in central Basra this morning, in response of the call that launched by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to adopt the open list in the next parliamentary elections.

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