Thursday, July 20, 2006

Sistani calls for end to violence

I didn't see this one coming.
Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric, Ali al-Sistani, has called for an end to sectarian "hatred and violence". The grand ayatollah said the violence would only prolong the presence of US forces in the country.
I don't know anyone who didn't see this one coming.
But the US military admitted on Thursday the massive security clampdown that followed the killing of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had achieved only a "slight downtick" in violence.

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