Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for an anti-American protest in the Iraqi city of Najaf on April 9, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Al-Sadr's statement calling for a ...

The necropolis sits in the holy city of Najaf, meaning it's extremely important to Shi'ite muslims, as it's near the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib, a cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad and ...

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