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Gaara is also intelligent, has a lot of chakra and can counteract all the juts of itachi with just sand.

Gaara can get him out of the susano:

Gaara can evade genjutsu while being within the sphere of sand:

Gaara can stop the amateratsu: http://i.imgur.com/C3dJAuX.jpg