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July 2009 | Risk Summary

In late July, Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Their talks focused on Iraq in the aftermath of the June 30 withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities. Additionally, Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for al-Sadr, told Saudi-owned newspaper

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