Protest in Mahmoudiya

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Demonstrators chant anti-U.S. slogans while holding a picture of Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, the father of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, during a protest in Mahmoudiya, 30km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, March 23, 2007.

Hundreds of Shi'ites took to the streets to demand the release of Sadr's spokesman Qais al-Khazali, who is being held by U.S. forces.

REUTERS/Ibrahim Sultan (IRAQ)