محمد طاهر العلاق

From the news reports:

On Wednesday, gunmen assassinated Shiite cleric Mohammed Tahir al-Allaq, representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the Jurf al-Nadaf area near Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police Lt. Col. Shakir Wadi Hamoud said. ...

Hamoud said al-Allaq, imam of al-Jawadain Mosque in the predominantly Shiite al-Baladiyat neighborhood of New Baghdad, was killed while driving to Kut, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

AP 19 May 2005