Well, don't believe what Sistani says -- Sistani is always up to no good, and I bet he's really trying to build the Shia unity at the expense of the Shi'i-Sunni bloc that Sadr's trying to build, which is the thrust of the "new approach" as (approvingly) summed up by Hassan Hanizadeh: "Thus, the meeting between the seven Shia political parties and Moqtada Sadr was an effective way to help balance the stances of this young Shia cleric, who is also the leader of the Mahdi Army." -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>