Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

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Breaking News Alert: Prominent Shiite cleric returns to Iraq after self-imposed exile
January 5, 2011 9:52:13 AM
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Anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made a surprise return to Iraq on Wednesday, ending nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Iran.

Sadr's return comes just two weeks after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, also a Shiite, cobbled together a unity government to begin a second term. Support from a bloc of Sadr loyalists in Iraq's parliament pushed Maliki past the threshold needed to form his cabinet.

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