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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 14: An Iraqi solider provides security as Iraqi Shiites take partin a demonstration supporting Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, just one day before the country's landmark parliamentary elections December 14, 2005 in Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to protest remarks criticizing al-Sistani made during a talk show on al-Jazeera Arabic Satellite TV channel on December 13. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 14:  An Iraqi  solider provides security as Iraqi Shiites take partin a demonstration supporting Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, just one day before the country's landmark parliamentary elections December 14, 2005 in Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to protest remarks criticizing  al-Sistani made during a talk show on al-Jazeera Arabic Satellite TV channel on December 13.  (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)