Person: Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim

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Saddam's 'executioner' captured

American soldiers today captured a man described as one of Saddam Hussein’s “executioners.”

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Control of south-central Iraq handed over to Poles

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FBI to probe mosque bomb outrage

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300,000 join funeral march for bomb victim al-Hakim

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Mosque bomb death toll rises to 85

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100 feared dead in mosque massacre

Unity plea wiped out in huge blast

IRAQI Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim was killed at the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf yesterday, along with at least 75 other people, just moments after delivering a sermon calling for unity.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2003

Seventy-five dead in mosque bombing

A massive car bomb blew up outside the holiest mosque in Iraq today, killing at least 75 people including a top Shiite cleric just moments after he delivered a sermon calling for unity.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2003

Top cleric killed in Iraq car bombing

A massive car bomb blew up outside the holiest mosque in Iraq today, killing a top Shiite cleric just moments after he delivered a sermon calling for unity.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2003