2 of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders form pact

Sunday, October 7, 2007

BAGHDAD -- Two of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders agreed Saturday to end a bitter rivalry in a bid to end months of armed clashes and assassinations in the oil-rich south that have threatened to spread into a wider conflict.

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