Poster of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi is seen outside a mosque where his followers worship, in Basra
A poster of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (top on R) is seen outside a mosque where his followers worship, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, July 3, 2014. Up to 45 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and followers of radical cleric Sarkhi in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Wednesday, security sources said, signalling divisions among Shi'ite factions as a Sunni insurgency rages. The clashes erupted when police and army personnel tried to arrest Sarkhi around midnight on Tuesday in the southern city of Kerbala, an Interior Ministry intelligence officer and a police witness told Reuters. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
Poster of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi is seen inside a mosque where followers of Sarkhi worship, in Basra
A poster of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (top on L) is seen inside a mosque where followers of Sarkhi worship, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, July 3, 2014. Up to 45 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and followers of radical cleric Sarkhi in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Wednesday, security sources said, signalling divisions among Shi'ite factions as a Sunni insurgency rages. The clashes erupted when police and army personnel tried to arrest Sarkhi around midnight on Tuesday in the southern city of Kerbala, an Interior Ministry intelligence officer and a police witness told Reuters. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
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