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.

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.

Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim died along with at least 20 other people at the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf. Dozens were wounded.

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