An Iraqi Sh'ite man prays at a shrine in Karbala on October 24, 2002,
some 100km south of Baghdad. Karbala is a centre for Shi'ite religious
learning and one of the holiest cities of Shi'ite Muslims. Iraq said on
Thursday the United States must stand up to the United States and stop
its attempt to push through a Security Council resolution which Baghdad
likened to a declaration of war. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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