 NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi vice president warned the United States on Friday against attacking Iran. Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Shia member of the three-man Presidency Council, was asked about speculation US forces might strike to prevent Iran developing nuclear technology: “We will not allow anyone to attack anyone,” he said after a meeting in the holy city of Najaf with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric. “We think that the use of force is not appropriate for solving any problem.”
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The leaders of IraqÂ’s Shia majority, including MahdiÂ’s SCIRI party, have close ties to their fellow Shia Islamists ruling neighbouring Iran, where many of them sought refuge from the Sunni-dominated administration of Saddam Hussein.
Another leading Iraqi Shia politician, cleric and militia leader Moqtada alAl Sadr, recently pledged the support of his Mehdi Army fighters to Iran if US forces attacked.
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