Top Shia Leader Returns To Iraq

[Baja Margie]

"Iraq's most influential shia leader has urged people to march on Najaf, where clashes are raging at a Holy Shrine."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3596760.stm

[Larkspur]

1. Maybe Sistani saw how Western media distorted events in Iraq

and finally decided enough is enough.

[Baja Margie]

2. Yep. We've certainly opened a pandora's box. I wonder if the

US military is going to blow all these people away when they march.

[GRClarkesq]

3. Sistani comes to save the day

and save the locals from the US forces and Sadr and his gang. He looks good from every angle. Of course he waited to "save" the city after the US had killed most of Sadr's hard core supporters.