Listen to The Ayatollah
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The constitution should be written by Iraqis who represent all segments
of society-whether they win in these elections or not.
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Jan. 24 issue - Last Wednesday, Mahmoud Madaen was killed while walking
home with his son after his evening prayers in the town of Salman Pak,
south of Baghdad. In a Web posting, the group that claimed
responsibility made clear that it had murdered Madaen because he was
the local representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani (the most
respected Shia leader in Iraq). Now, this is not the first time that
some among the Iraqi insurgency have targeted Shia leaders and tried to
foment conflict between the Shiites and the Sunnis. (In its message,
the group referred to Sistani as a "polytheist," the extremist Sunni
slur about Shiites.) But if the last two years are any guide, the
Shiites will not take the bait and retaliate. Such Shia restraint is
now the single most important factor keeping Iraq from collapsing into
further chaos.
Fareed Zakaria
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Sistani
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/1a875db7f3e362b4
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