Will the ultimate result of President Bush's war be an even worse nightmare than it is now?
Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric has staked out a radical demand that Islam be the sole source of legislation in the country's new constitution.......
But many in the Sunni community suspect the cleric of having the ultimate goal of installing a theocratic government or, at the least, one in which major political decisions are guided by the religious direction of men such as him.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, residents say Sunni Muslim extremists have made barbers the new hunted, accusing them of violating a strict reading of Islamic teachings that say men should keep their beards long.
Some extremists also consider Western-style haircuts an offensive symbol of the hated, secularised culture of Europe and the US.
To them, sporting a clipped beard or a modern haircut is an infraction worthy of death.
Black banners mourning the dead were strung up in the suburb of Dora as the unwitting violators fell one after another to the militants' harsh brand of justice.
In one month alone, five barbers were shot dead, residents said.
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