Violence Leaves Young Iraqis Doubting Clerics
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
BAGHDAD
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For that reason, the American liberation tasted sweetest to the Shiites, who for the first time were able to worship freely. They soon became a potent political force, as religious political leaders appealed to their shared and painful past and their respect for the Shiite religious hierarchy.
I do not believe the Times has ever used such a term, sincerely, in their editorials...