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Thousands at Iraqi anti-US rally

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An estimated 50,000 Iraqis have protested against plans to extend US military operations in the country beyond this year.

Militant Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr used the rally to call for the Iraqi government to reject the proposals.

Jim Muir reports from Baghdad.

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