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A Friday rally for followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a took a nationalistic tone, with Sheik Abdul al Mohammadawi urging unity among Iraqis against an U.S.-Iraq security pact, November 21, 2008. (Adam Ashton/Modesto Bee/MCT)
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Followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pray together in a central Baghdad square following political speeches that criticized as U.S.-Iraq security agreement, November 21, 2008. (Adam Ashton/Modesto Bee/MCT)
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An effigy of President Bush hangs on the pedestal where a famous statue of Saddam Hussein once stood in central Baghdad. It was burned after a rally for followers of anti-American cleric Muqtuda al-Sadr Friday, November 21, 2008. (Adam Ashton/Modesto Bee/MCT)
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Sheik Abdul Hadi al-Mohammadawi addresses tens of thousands of followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, reading a nationalistic speech opposing a U.S.-Iraq security agreement, Friday, November 21, 2008. (Laith Hammoudi/MCT)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sang "Maliki is the new Saddam" as they left Friday prayers, November 21, 2008, likening Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to dictator Saddam Hussein. (Laith Hammoudi/MCT)
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Followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr carry banners at a Friday, November 21, 2008 rally urging an end to the American occupation of Iraq. "We demand the occupiers leave our beloved Iraq," reads this one. (Laith Hammoudi/MCT)
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