Al-Sistani aide killed [View All]

[kentuck]

What does this mean in the context of containing and preventing a civil war in Iraq?
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0CA696AF-48F7-4A09-94CD-CE28BC31E1C0.htm

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In a separate incident, one of Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani's senior aides, Samir Baghdadi, and two of his guards were killed in Baghdad.



Witnesses said the victims were heading for the town of Karbala when the vehicle they were travelling in came under fire.



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More than 600 checkpoints, set up around the capital, were to serve as a cordon to keep fighters out, Iraq officials had said when they kicked off Operation Lightining, at the end of May.


Pryor said: "I think there will be a lot of small attacks in the next couple of weeks with the (Iraqi) prime minister going to the United States."

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