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Sadr wants to hand over Najaf shrine to Sistani - aide
A top aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said the rebel leader wanted to hand over the Imam Ali mosque to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric.
| The other day he wanted the Pope to pop on by and negotiate peace. Just think of the hostage potential: "One wrong move and the Pope gets it!" Sistani's a second-best... |
"We would like to hand over the shrine to the religious establishment which has the right to control it," Sheikh Ahmad al-Sheibani told reporters. "It is only natural that Ayatollah Sistani should accept it." Sheibani said no time had been set for a handover of the mosque, Iraq's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine.
| "The Sweet By and By will do. Meanwhile, target practice at 08:00 hours tomorrow!" |
He called on Iraq's interim government to pursue a peaceful solution to the crisis. "(Prime Minister Iyad) Allawi's government should give us what we want without a fight pursue a peaceful solution, not a military one for the benefit of the Americans," Sheibani said.
Posted by: tipper 2004-08-21 |
