Article Photos: Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears



  FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo, Rasheed al-Sheikh reacts during an interview with the Associated Press after being asked about threats made against Syria's Sayyida Zainab shrine in Baghdad, Iraq. 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/Hadi Mizban, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo, Rasheed al-Sheikh reacts during an interview with the Associated Press after being asked about threats made against Syria's Sayyida Zainab shrine in Baghdad, Iraq. 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/Hadi Mizban, File)