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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Road Walker who wrote (182475)2/12/2004 1:22:12 PM
From: tejek   of 1576963
 
The ayatollah represents the conservative mainstream of Iraqi Shias

A United Nations team has met the spiritual leader of Iraq's Shia Muslims to discuss the possibility of holding early general elections.

After two hours of talks with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the delegation head Lakhdar Brahimi said they agreed on the need for direct elections.

But, crucially, Mr Brahimi did not specify a time for holding them.

Ayatollah Sistani has led criticism of US plans to transfer power to an unelected authority in Iraq by 30 June.

The US says conditions are not right for elections - a position underlined by the fact that these talks follow one of the bloodiest 24 hours in Iraq since the war ended.


Keeping the Ayatollah happy is critical. If we lose the Shiites, we are screwed.

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