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To: Brumar89 who wrote (377572)	4/10/2008 8:31:01 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

Brumar, tomorrow's headline in the New York Times: "Sadr defies Sistani's call to disarm - Move seen as another blow to Maliki's already fragile authority" Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (377572)	4/10/2008 9:19:25 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

"Sistani asked the Mahdi army to give its weapons to the government." It will be interesting to see if he does it. That is the problem with playing hardball. Sometimes things don't break like you want. But, if he doesn't give up his weapons, that will erode his support.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (377572)	4/10/2008 9:53:22 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576600

With the Iraqi government applying pressure to the Sadrist movement and Muqtada al Sadr to disband the Mahdi Army, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric has weighed in on the issue. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered Shia cleric in Iraq, backed the government’s position that the Mahdi Army should surrender its weapons and said he never consulted with Sadr on disbanding the Mahdi Army. Instead, the decision to disband the Mahdi Army is Sadr’s to make. Good. Now let's see if Sadr complies.