Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen on poster at centre, attend Friday prayers in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen on poster at centre, attend Friday prayers in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.

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  1. Salah al-Obaidi (L), spokesman of Iraq's Sadr movement, and Hazem al-Aaraji, aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speak during a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009. Sadr has called for his followers to participate in the polls on October 16 to nominate the movement's final candidates for the upcoming general elections, due to take place on January 16, 2010.

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  1. Salah al-Obaidi (L), spokesman of Iraq's Sadr movement, and Hazem al-Aaraji, aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speak during a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009. Sadr has called for his followers to participate in the polls on October 16 to nominate the movement's final candidates for the upcoming general elections, due to take place on January 16, 2010.
  2. Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.

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