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Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir Al-Hakim, Shiite cleric and leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, was assassinated, aged 63, in his hometown of Najaf on August 29, 2003.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3191567.stm
A BBC profile.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3193341.stm
Extracts from the last sermon delivered by the leading Shia Muslim politician prior to his death in a car bomb attack.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/30/guardianobituaries.iraq
Obituary for the Shiite cleric and political leader in the Guardian.
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