BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With Iraq's politicians tainted by corruption and the army's standing hurt by battlefield defeats, two Shi'ite clerics have re-emerged as leaders in matters of state.
In their different ways, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's two most influential Shi'ite leaders, are pressuring Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to tackle graft at the heart of Iraq's government.
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