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2009-02-16 Iraq
Iraq bans Farsi signs in holy cities
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Posted by Fred 2009-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Big mistake/.
Posted by newc">newc  2009-02-16 02:06||   2009-02-16 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 There are some nuances here. If he is a Shiite, then it is probably sending any number of signals to the Iranians.
Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-16 09:11||   2009-02-16 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Courageous move. It is also a move that reinforces the local clergy in supremacy against Iranian mullahs.

This allows Iraqi Shia complete control of the holy places of Shia. It is equivalent to putting the Iranian mullahs under the heel of Iraqi clerics. Iraq's Ayatollah Sistani is probably happy for this.
Posted by Lagom 2009-02-16 13:14||   2009-02-16 13:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Sistani has consistently stepped up as an ally to an Iraqi government free from Iranian influence.
He was probably the first cleric in Iraq to understand that partnership with the US was the only way to keep the nutjobs in Iran at bay.
I like the guy more everyday. He was a real pain in the butt until AQ blew up the Mosque in Najaf.
Posted by James Carville 2009-02-16 15:34||   2009-02-16 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't know, if I lived in Karbala or Najaf I'd be kind of pissed about this. Sounds like a recipe for hordes of Persian bumpkins pissing on my doorstep because they can't find the public toilets on account of all the Farsi "bathroom thataway" signs being torn down.
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