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Iraqi Turkmen chant slogans and hold a portrait Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (L) during a demonstration in the northern city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2008. The protestors called for the removal of United Nations Special Representative to Iraq, Stephan de Mistura, due to a percieved pro-Kurdish bias in the matter of Kirkuk's status. Protests all over the northern part of Iraq have been taking place due to a UN proposal, which called for the provincial elections to be postponed in Kirkuk but to go ahead on schedule in Iraq's 17 other provinces. The proposal failed to win approval from various Arab, Turkmen and Kurd factions, who all lay claim to oil rich city of Kirkuk. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images)