Iraqi Shi`ite men wave flags atop a border gate decorated with a banner in
support of their spirutual leader Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim as they welcome
him at the border with Iran near Basra May 10, 2003. Tens of thousands of
Iraqi Shi`ite men welcomed 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 PP03050046

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