The most powerful man in Iraq is an ayatollah with a website
Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Sistani has never met an American official or soldier. He did not vote in Iraq’s elections last month. And yet this religious recluse could wield more influence over Iraq’s destiny than all the foreign troops and Iraqi politicians put together.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1480594,00.html
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1480594,00.html
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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:26