JFIFddPhotoshop 3.08BIMiraq17p1 4PhoRELVIOPOLFOR2049418Foreign20040816(0-DAY720040816<194702P CHRIS HELGRENZNAJAFeIraqiFShi'ite Muslim Iraqi men crowd courtyard of Imam Ali's shrine in NajafnREUTERSsX00378xA crowd of unarmed volunteer human shields, made up of Shi'ite Muslim followers of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, chant anti-government slogans in the courtyard of Imam Ali's shrine in Najaf August 16, 2004. With his militants and human shields holed up inside one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrine, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is playing a shrewd waiting game ahead of an expected American-led offensive. 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