[Marxism] Ayatollahs Decline to Ban Militia/ Baghdad rally off

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By Juan Cole
 
Then the US press went wild for this supposed report that Muqtada al-Sadr  
said he would dissolve his militia if Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani ordered it.  
Folks, he always says that when there is a controversy. (He said the same thing 
 in spring, 2004). He says it because he knows it makes him look reasonable 
to  the Shiite public. He says it because he knows that the grand ayatollahs 
are not  going to touch the matter with a ten foot pole. 
_http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19700.htm_ 
(http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19700.htm) 
 
 
 
 (http://tinyurl.com/4qke5r) 

 
 
URGENT - Aides say Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls off mass  rally in 
Baghdad 
ABDUL-HUSSEIN AL-OBEIDI, Associated Press Writer     
April 8, 2008 4:50 AM 
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr say the anti-American Shiite  
cleric is calling off a mass rally in Baghdad Wednesday. 
Iraqi security forces are blocking al-Sadr's followers from traveling to the  
capital from the southern Shiite heartland where he enjoys wide support. 
Two aides in al-Sadr's office in the holy city of Najaf told The Associated  
Press that the rally had been canceled. They spoke on condition of anonymity  
pending an official announcement. 
Al-Sadr had called for a ''million-strong'' protest to mark the fifth  
anniversary of the capture of Baghdad by U.S. troops. It was seen by many  
observers 
as a show of force in his confrontation with the government over calls  to 
disband his Mahdi Army militia. 
_http://tinyurl.com/4qke5r_ (http://tinyurl.com/4qke5r)    or  -- 
<_http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=5652767135
68043971_ 
(http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565276713568043971)
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