US soldiers on a military vehicle move through a crowd of Iraqi Shiites loyal to the controversial cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, as they prepare to perform midday prayers at Baghdad's primarly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiya yesterday. Senior Shiite cleric Sheikh Sadreddin Kubanji called for militiamen loyal to al-Sadr to leave the city during Friday prayers in the holy city of Najaf.May 08, 2004

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