MOHAMMED BAQIR AL HAKIM HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT SUPREME COUNCIL IN
NAJAF.
Shi'ite cleric Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim listens during a news conference
at the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) in Najaf
May 13 2003. Hakim who returned to Iraq after a 23 year exile in Iran,
said on Monday that Iraq must elect its own government without foreign
intervention. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
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