Basra, Iraq - Republic of
IRAQI SHI`TE WELCOME THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER IN BASRA.
Iraqi Shi`ite men gather at the Celebration square as they welcome
their spirutual leader Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim in Basra May 10, 2003.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shi`ite men welcomed their spiritual leader
Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Tehran-based Supreme Council of
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), as he returned after more than
two decades of exile in Iran. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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