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Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a sit-at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified government district, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to deliver on promised anti-corruption reforms. The protest, that Sadr said would start on Friday, threatened to escalate tensions over a long-awaited economic overhaul in the strife-torn oil producer. Graft is eating away at Baghdad's resources even as it struggles with falling revenue due to rock-bottom oil prices and high spending due to the costs of the war against Islamic State militants."I address this historic call to every reform-loving Iraqi ... so that he rises up to begin a new phase," read the statement posted online on Saturday from Sadr, heir to a Shi'ite clerical dynasty persecuted under Saddam Hussein.More...