To preserve Shi'ite power in Iraq, Iran-backed groups turn to renegade cleric

To preserve Shi'ite power in Iraq, Iran-backed groups turn to renegade cleric

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When the grip of Iraq's Tehran-backed Shi'ite Muslim parties and militias threatened to slip following the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, they turned to an unpredictable rival.

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