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Sylwia Kapuscinski The Detroit Free Press
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"Resisting Resistance" Haidar (no last name to protect his identify) 20, belongs to Thualfiqr al Batar, a band of teens and men in 20s from Najaf, who joined forces in mid-April 2004, to oust radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr's gunmen. Thualfiqr al Batar has 250 members with a handful more joining each day. Haidar was photographed in Najaf, Iraq, on Friday, April 30, 2004.
 

 

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