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Revered Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim asked for in death what he pushed for in life: a united Iraq.
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Funeral held for Iraqi Shi'ite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim in Baghdad
Residents carry the coffin of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite parties, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), during his funeral in Baghdad's Kadhimiya District, northwestern Baghdad, on August 28, 2009. Iraq declared three days of mourning on Thursday for the leading Shi'ite cleric and politician whose death may intensify political instability before national elections. UPI/Ali Jasim
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The head of the Shiite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council warned of external and internal forces that were attempting to divide the country.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim was a national leader and a pioneer in the post-invasion Iraq, said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The body of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the powerful Shiite Muslim political leader who died in Iran this week, has been returned to Iraq for burial.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The top U.N. envoy to Iraq lent his voice to a growing number of leaders expressing their sympathy for the passing of a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric in Iran.
TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, one of the most powerful Shiite leaders in Iraq, died Wednesday at a hospital in Tehran following a battle with lung cancer.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a top Shiite leader in Iraq, died Wednesday, his office said.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Shiite leader being treated for lung cancer is back in the hospital, party officials in Baghdad said Sunday.
NAJAF, Iraq, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi traveled to Najaf to visit with the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani to discuss reconstruction progress in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Disputes among rival Shiite parties in Iraq are a healthy component of a bustling democracy in the midst of a campaign season, party leaders said Tuesday.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi and Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim met the U.S. envoy to the United Nations to discuss the bilateral security pact.
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npr.org at 26 Aug 2009 02:00 pm
Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who channeled rising Shiite power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq's most influential politicians, died...
huffingtonpost.com at 26 Aug 2009 08:04 am
BAGHDAD — Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq's most...
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