Top Shiite leader killed in car bombing

(29 Aug 2003)

Basra 10/5/03
1. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim mobbed as he makes his way towards stage
2. Wide shot of stage
3. al-Hakim addresses crowd
4. Crowd chant

Najaf 13/5/03
5. al-Hakim enters news conference
6. Cutaway reporters
7. al-Hakim speaks
8. Angled wide shot of al-Hakim at table

STORYLINE:

A car bomb blew up at the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf on Friday, killing Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim moments after he had delivered a sermon calling for Iraqi unity and seeking Arab help to rebuild Iraq, witnesses told The Associated Press.

Shiites in Iraq are embroiled in a generational power struggle, but there was no evidence the bombing was the work of the younger Shiite faction, which has strongest support in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.

A week ago, a bomb exploded outside the Najaf home of a relative of al-Hakim's.

Saeed al-Hakim is another important Shiite cleric.

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