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Funeral procession for Najaf cleric killed in bombing continues

(1 Sep 2003) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of procession 2. Men with guns 3. Various of mourners in procession 4. Various of women in procession 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Baker, spokesman for cleric Moqtada al-Sadr: "This is a great tragedy in which Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim was martyred and we condemn this accident and accuse for this loss the remnants of the Saddam regime and this won't make us change our position nor stopping us from carrying our resistance and martyrdom journey." 6. Zoom in of Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakim, son of Al-Hakim, speaking in mosque 7. Various of people listening 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakim, son of Al-Hakim: "I call on you to hold on to this unity and help each other in order to fulfill the requirements of the new period with all its dimensions and implications and to derive strength, resolution and will from our leaders (Imams), peace be on them. My believing brothers, the sons of Iraq, our injured Iraq is facing great and dangerous challenges in which one requires strength, which is strong belief, consciousness, will and wisdom." 9. Various of people carrying symbolic coffin 10. Various of mourners STORYLINE More than 300-thousand Shiites on Monday continued the march onto Najaf in the funeral procession for leading cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, who was killed in Friday's bombing in the holy city. The mourners followed a truck carrying the symbolic coffin of the Ayatollah, who was blown apart in the massive explosion outside the Imam Ali shrine, which claimed the lives another 124 lives. At the procession's halfway point, the second holiest Shiite city of Karbala, the procession was joined by thousands of local mourners. Others gathered at the shrine there, praying, beating drums and flagellating themselves with chains as the ayatollah's coffin neared. The three-day period of mourning began early on Sunday with services at the al-Kadhimiya shrine in Baghdad. The funeral is planned for Tuesday in Najaf, 175 kilometres (110 miles) south of Baghdad. The US-led Coalition Provisional Authority has said the Najaf governor has asked for the FBI to join Iraqi police in the investigation and that US investigators will be traveling to Najaf shortly. The CPA had taken a hands-off approach out of deference to the sacredness of the location for Shiites. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...