Iraq: Seeds of a national uprising?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3638571.stm

He was dressed in the trademark black of the Mahdi army, the militia led by the Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr.

But 18-year-old Mohammed Odeh looked perfectly at home attending prayers outside the main Sunni Muslim mosque in Baghdad.

"I came to strengthen our religion and prove to the Americans we are one people," he said.

Sunnis and Shias in Iraq have increasingly begun to act like one people since members of both communities took up arms against occupation forces this month.

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1. Proving again that * is a uniter...

"Sunnis and Shias in Iraq have increasingly begun to act like one people since members of both communities took up arms against occupation forces this month."