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  • WHO KILLED MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-HAKIM?

    11/14/2003 4:12:45 PM PST · by Pan_Yans Wife · 1 replies · 120+ views
    The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | September 3, 2003 | RFE/RL NEWSLINE
    WHO KILLED MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-HAKIM? By Kathleen Ridolfo A symbolic funeral was held in the holy city of Al-Najaf in Iraq on 2 September in memory of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim. The ayatollah was killed in a car bombing on 29 August as he left the Imam Ali Mosque in Al-Najaf following a noon Friday prayers sermon. Some 80 Iraqis were killed and more than 100 injured in the incident. Al-Hakim's body has yet to be identified, and mourners carried a casket containing only his wristwatch, ring, and pieces of his turban in a three-day procession from Baghdad...