1. IRAQ SHIITE CLERIC URGES FOLLOWERS TO FIGHT MILITANTS.
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Rubin, Alissa J., al-Salhy, Suadad, Gladstone, Rick, Cowell, Alan, Nordland, Rod, Arango, Tim, Gordon, Michael R., Cooper, Helene, and Baker, Peter
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SHI'AH -- Relations -- Sunnites , *SUNNITES , *SHIITES , *SECTARIAN conflict , *INSURGENCY ,IRAQI politics & government, 2003- - Abstract
The article discusses calls by Shiite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for Shiite Muslims in Iraq to take up armed opposition against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with extremist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who have captured a number of cities in Iraq as of June 14, 2014. Topics addressed include a possible U.S. and Iranian responses to the conflict in Iraq, as well the responses of Shiite militias and the Iraqi Army.
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- 2014