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(5 Sep 2003) Kufa 1. Various of mourners in front of Islamic school of deceased Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim 2. Pan of mourners 3. Various of mourners 4. Various of mourners with mud on their heads 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Am'mar Abed Al-Aziz Al-Hakim, Al-Hakim's nephew: "We will continue our struggle despite all of the challenges and we will make all the necessary sacrifices for Islam because we know that our blood is going to feed the tree of Islam and the tree of love for this country. And it is only useful in uniting the Iraqis." 6. Various of mourners sitting inside tent 7. Various exteriors of school Najaf 8. Courtyard of Imam Ali mosque with worshippers tilt up to dome 9. Set up Imam Al-Said Sadr Al-Din Al-Kabbani 10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Imam Al-Said Sadr Al-Din Al-Kabbani, "We will need our nation because it is our greatest asset in this time of rebuilding and rehabilitation of Iraq. We depend on our followers, we depend on the Iraqi people and we trust in our nation. The nation will be our support in rebuilding an Islamic Iraq, by god's will." 11. Chanting demonstrators 12. Wide of Imam Ali mosque STORYLINE: A few thousand worshippers gathered in Kufa, the third holiest Shiite city in Iraq, to pay their final respects to the deceased Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim. Hakim was killed in a huge car bombing outside the mosque of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib in the city of Najaf a week ago. The worshippers banged their fists against their chests outside the mourning tents, many of them with mud on their heads - a mourning custom among Shiites. The ceremony took place ahead of morning prayers in Najaf where more than 10 thousand worshippers gathered at the Imam Ali shrine to hear a sermon by Hakim's brother, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim. In the end, al-Hakim did not appear, and the sermon was delivered by a deputy of his slain brother. Armed security men stood every five meters (yards) along the top of the Shiite shrine, the holiest in Iraq. Al-Hakim, a member of the American-picked governing council, has taken over his slain brother's leadership position in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. He was leader of the armed wing of the organization, the Badr Brigade, which U.S. forces ordered disarmed shortly after the war ended on April 9. The group has rearmed in defiance of the U.S. demand. 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...