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Sunni and Shia pray together

It's not easy to parse Iraq from California, but this particular sentence is stunning:

At overflow Friday prayer services at the huge Abu Hanafi Mosque, a Sunni religious center that opened its doors to members of the rival Shiite sect in a rare demonstration of solidarity, hostility toward the Americans and the desire for an Islamic Iraq were on display.

Sunnis and Shiites Unite to Protest U.S. and Hussein
By JOHN KIFNER and CRAIG S. SMITH
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 18

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