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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (6392)	12/6/2004 5:33:55 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

As I understand it, the religious political groups are the ones that are most organized ahead of the elections. Al-Sistani appears to be the most influential person in Iraq right now and the rumor is that the Bush admin has already given into the idea that Iraq will be a theocracy. "...Other than ideological differences, the Sadrists also harbor suspicions of Sistani's Iranian background - he speaks Arabic with a thick Persian accent. Many senior clerics in Najaf are of Iranian descent, whereas the Sadrs are Arabs of Iraqi-Lebanese origin...." csmonitor.com