Iran sicking its thugs in Iraq? Thanks Obama! and Bush.
Isn't the Green Zone where Saddam's alleged "WMD's" were supposed to be?
Your information is out of dateIran sicking its thugs in Iraq? Thanks Obama! and Bush.
Your information is out of date
Sadr broke with Iran quite some time ago.
He is now reinventing himself to replace Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani.
Offices - The Official Website of the Office of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani
"alleged plot to assassinate Sistani was foiled on January 29, 2007, when three Jund al-Samaa gunmen were captured at a hotel near his office. It is believed to have been part of a larger attack against a number of targets in Najaf.[13]
In an online open poll, 2005, Ali al-Sistani was selected as the 30th topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (US).[14]
On June 13, 2014 Sistani appealed that Iraqis should join the armed forces to fight terrorism exemplified by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant group which had taken over Mosul and Tikrit and was threatening Baghdad.[15]
Fatwa for jihad against ISIS[edit]
In June 2014 Sistani issued a fatwa calling for "Citizens to defend the country, its people, the honor of its citizens, and its sacred places," against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group.[16]
Shia patronage[edit]
As the leading Ayatollah in Najaf, Sistani oversees sums amounting to millions of US dollars. Sistani's followers offer him a fixed part of their earnings (tithe), which is used for educational and charitable purposes. Sistani's office has reported that it supports 35,000 students in Qom, 10,000 in Mashhad, and 4,000 in Isfahan.[17] It also oversees a network of representatives (wakil) "who promote his (Sistani's) views in large and small ways in neighborhoods, mosques, bazaars, and seminaries from Kirkuk to Basra."[18]
Additionally, Sistani has a substantial following within Shia communities all over the world and is the current Nayb-i Imam (Preeminent Marja) of the Twelver sect of Shia Muslims. In Iran, as a result of the post-invasion opening of the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala to Iranians, many Iranians are said to return from pilgrimage in Iraq as supporters of Sistani.[19]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Sistani
"Aside from the battle against IS, Mr Sistani has shied away from joining Iran’s other regional adventures, says an aide. The ayatollah has declined the demands of Hizbullah, the Iranian-backed Shia militia that is Lebanon’s most powerful force, for a religious decree endorsing their multiple struggles. He opposes Shia intervention on behalf of the Houthi militia that took up arms against Yemen’s government. And he has doggedly refused to endorse the idea that his supporters should fight Sunni rebels in Syria as well as in Iraq, joining Iran and its friends in buttressing the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Shias who die fighting in Syria “are not martyrs”, a cleric says he heard him saying.
For now, most Iraqis continue to offer Mr Sistani their allegiance. “The marja still holds the keys of Najaf,” says the cleric, using the honorific (which means “source of emulation”) many Shia use for their religious authority. But since he has no apparent successor, real questions surround the future of Najaf’s seminaries when Mr Sistani dies. Two of the strongest contenders both live in Iran, including Mr Maliki’s preference, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. Though born in Najaf, he is a senior figure in Iran’s theocracy and a staunch supporter of Mr Khamenei. He headed Iran’s judiciary for a decade, and serves on Iran’s powerful Council of Guardians, which vets new laws and parliamentary candidates. A Najaf cleric voiced scepticism about the prospects of a Shahroudi succession: “Najaf is too small for him. He wants to succeed the supreme leader.”
The ailing ayatollah | The Economist
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Does not detract from the fact Sadr broke with \Iran. How old are the so called replacements for Sistani? And 2 contenders are and have still reside in Iran.
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