Al - hakim said, "we are all the sons of Iraq, and we should put our hands together to build this country. We are confident that our pain will end."

哈金说，我们都是伊拉克子民，应携手建设国家，我们有信心痛苦终将结束。

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Al-Sadr's chief Shiite political rival, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said that only Iraqis should control Iraq.

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And although al-Hakim never held a government position, he commanded respect from those who did.

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Akram al-Hakim is Iraq's minister of state for national dialogue, arguably a critical position at the moment.

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