Sistani Ignores Bush
A letter from President Bush to Iraq's supreme Shiite
spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was hand-delivered earlier this
week but sits unread and untranslated in the top religious figure's office,
a key al-Sistani aide told The Associated Press on Thursday.The aide – who has never allowed use of his name in
news reports, citing al-Sistani's refusal to make any public statements himself
– said the ayatollah had laid the letter aside and did not ask for a translation
because of increasing “unhappiness'' over what senior Shiite leaders see
as American meddling in Iraqi attempts to form their first, permanent post-invasion
government.
Shiite
Ayatollah Ignores Letter From Bush
Via Juan
Cole, we learn Sistani's
power precedes him around the region. Too bad Bush's power does not.
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