Najaf, Iraq - Republic of
MOHAMMED BAKIR AL HAKEEM SPEAKS AT THE MOSQUE IN NAJAF.
Shi'ite leader Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim addresses thousands of Shi'ite
Muslims in the square of the Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf May 12, 2003.
Hakim, who returned to Iraq after a 23 year exile in Iran, said that Iraq
must elect its own government without foreign intervention. REUTERS/Kieran
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