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Friday, January 3, 2020
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says US Iraq strike ‘wanton attack’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani condemns a deadly US strike that killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders as a “wanton attack” on the country.
In his weekly sermon delivered by his representative in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, Sistani says the raid amounted to a “blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty.”
Following the prayers, hundreds of male worshipers begin chanting “No to America!”
— AFP
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