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Tens of thousands gather in show of force by Iraq’s Sadr
Tens of thousands attended mass prayers yesterday in Baghdad’s Green Zone in a new power play by Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries conditionally backed his call for early elections. Sadr, a long-time political and religious force in the oil-rich but war-scarred country, has for months been in a political standoff with a rival alliance. Worshippers converged on a vast square inside the normally secure Green Zone, home to government and diplomatic buildings, including the parliament which his followers began occupying on July 30. “Yes, yes to reform! Sadr’s followers chanted during the prayers. “No, no to corruption.” After the prayers, hundreds returned to the vicinity of parli

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