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Saturday, April 05, 2003

Top cleric tells Iraqis not to resist invaders
A call by Iraq's leading Shia Muslim cleric asking his millions of followers to remain neutral in any fighting has undermined Baghdad's hopes of unleashing "holy war" to expel US and British invaders.
New Zealand Herald, April 5 2003