In Baghdad, heavily-armed Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the mosque and grave of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jailani. Since January, news has spread that the United States and its coalition forces have prepared missiles to wipe the two sites from the face of the Earth. As of last week, the golden-domed mosque and its two minarets still stood solid, as reported from Iraq by TEMPO reporter Zuhaid el-Qudsy.

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