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Iraq Shia leader dies of cancer
Date
08/26/2009
Description
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of one of the most powerful Shia Muslim parties in Iraq, has died, his aides say. Hakim had been suffering from cancer and had been receiving treatment in hospital in the Iranian capital Tehran.
He did not hold any government post in Iraq's elected Shia-led government since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but was an important power broker.
Publisher
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