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| Al-Sistani opposes armed resistance against US occupation |
| 2004-08-28 |
| BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's top Shiite authority opposed Saturday the armed resistance against the US-led occupation after meeting at the house of the most revered Shiite cleric in the country, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Al-Sistani, who forced radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end the conflict and quit the Imam Ali shrine, met at his home with Grand Ayatollahs Mohammed Sa'id al-Hakim, Ishaq al-Fayadh and Basheer al-Najafi for 30 minutes. The meeting tackled the situation in the holy city of Najaf and means to run the city after Sistani's office took over the keys of Imam Ali shrine, Sistani's spokesman told reporters. The meeting also reaffirmed the opposition of the Marjaiya (the highest religious authority) to the armed resistance against the US-led occupation, saying there is still room for peaceful solutionto end the occupation, the spokesman said. The situation was calm in Najaf for a second day, and the Iraqi police boosted their existence in the old city, a Xinhua correspondent said the marginalization of "Mr. Sadr" continues |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 RMcLeod: And what about his funders? Are they still going to back such an obvious loser? I sure hope so. They've got to back someone, and if they're going to do so, my hand-picked candidate is Sadr. This is why killing Sadr is a bad idea. The guy's a proven loser, yet stands in the way of anyone better at this business. And that's all to the good. It's also funny how Sistani "opposes armed resistance" against Uncle Sam when he can't even protect his people against getting killed by Sadr's henchmen. Talk about getting a lemon and making lemonade. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-08-28 7:38:24 PM |
| #2 Talk about humiliation, the worst of all things that can happen to a Muslim. Sadr loses perhaps thousands of fighters, including his best guys, and comes out with what? Nothing. Worse, he's rebuked by the most revered ayatollah in the country. And as the reports come out (and they will) about how much was looted, how much was defiled, and how much damage his morons committed at that shrine, his reputation will be less than zero. Probably unrecoverable. And what about his funders? Are they still going to back such an obvious loser? This worked out very, very well. |
| Posted by: RMcLeod 2004-08-28 1:10:08 PM |
| #1 Notice the news slant: not "Firebrand" or "Popular" Sadr.... just plain old "Radical", and he didn't get an invite. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-08-28 10:47:16 AM |