Word: kadhimain
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...said the owner of a small shop in the Baghdad souk, or marketplace. His remark reflects not so much bravado as the fact that there have been few Iranian bombing raids in which civilians have been hit. Even in the famed Shi'ite Muslim Al Kadhimain mosque, where posters of Ayatullah Khomeini once hung during religious festivals, there is little evidence of special security precautions. Strongman Saddam Hussein's government, dominated by Sunni Muslims, is apparently confident that the Iranians will not be able to spark uprisings among their Shi'ite Muslim brethren in Iraq, who make...
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