Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr start gathering to attend Friday prayers in Sadr City, east of the capital Baghdad. Last month the firebrand cleric and former anti-US militia leader sparked turmoil when his followers, the biggest bloc in parliament, resigned en masse.

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