06-21-2014, 03:00 AM
That was funny, Art. Now we have this, the highest spiritual Shia leader effectively calling for Maliki to go:
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's comments at Friday prayers contained thinly veiled criticism that Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in office since 2006, was to blame for the nation's crisis over the blitz by Sunni insurgents led by an al-Qaeda splinter group that seeks to create a new state spanning parts of Iraq and Syria and ruled by its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Top Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani calls for new government in Iraq - World - CBC News