Protest in Kufa on March 23, 2007

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Demonstrators hold a poster of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest in Kufa, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, March 23, 2007.

Hundreds of Shi'ites took to the streets after Friday prayers to demand the release of prisoners being held by U.S. forces.

The writing on the poster reads "God, stand by Moqtada". REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)