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Syrian security forces are seen in June where a car bomb exploded near the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zainab in a Damascus suburb. Iraqi Shiites fear targeting of their sect and holy sites if Bashar Assad falls. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites dread fall of Assad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Adam Schreck - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 14, 2012, file photo, U.N. observers inspect the prayer hall of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which was damaged after a car bomb exploded near the shrine, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Iraqi Shiites increasingly fear the Muslim sect and its holy sites could be targeted in Syria, and Iranian-linked militants loyal to the faction are girding for a new eruption of retaliatory sectarian fighting, according to Iraqi Shiite leaders and government officials. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press