By DEXTER FILKINS
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Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim, a symbol of moderation in this restive land, was dead. Religious leaders called for blood and vengeance, and in some places the ayatollah's mourners took to the streets. Yet here in Baghdad, the Iraqi and American officials charged with shepherding this country toward democratic rule went about their business as if little had changed.
There were no speeches calling for calm and few public appearances by anyone in charge. L. Paul Bremer III, the chief American administrator, was on vacation. Nobody seemed to know when exactly he would return. The American military command here said nothing.
"I think someone is writing up a statement, somebody, I'm not sure," said Mahmoud Othman, a member of the 25-member Iraqi Governing Council, one of the few who could be found this afternoon. "We don't have satellite, you know, that's one of the problems. The Americans should give us a satellite."
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