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2006-03-06 Iraq

Pressure on Iraq's al-Jaafari Intensifies

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Posted by lotp 2006-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Two lawmakers from al-Jaafari's Dawa Party hinted Saturday that they got an endorsement for their leader during a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric. But a senior al-Sistani aide, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the dispute, said Sunday that the spiritual leader indirectly suggested al-Jaafari step aside. "

Big news if true. Sistani has been keeping UIA together, an artificial entity if ever there was one. Now he has to think if keeping it together just benefits Sadr. Is it worth breaking Shiite unity to isolate Sadr? Does Sistani want to put Shiite unity over Iraqi unity? Does he think peace can be kept if he does so?

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-03-06 17:55|| 2006-03-06 17:55|| Front Page Top

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