Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside the legislature.
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Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside the legislature.