For Prominent Iraqi Cleric, a Test of Influence
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 — Over the past 18 months, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has long fought for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, has tried to improve his movement’s image and reform his Mahdi Army militia. Saturday’s provincial elections will in part be a referendum on his influence over the country’s majority Shiites and his professed transformation from guerrilla chieftain to religious leader.
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