Friday, April 28, 2006

Selected News Feeds - Cleric Calls for End to Militias

Sistani advocates regime of technocrats, not sectarian loyalists. His remarks signal the Shiite clergy's new role in Iraqi politics and policy.

BAGHDAD — Iraq's senior Shiite Muslim religious figure Thursday called on the country's controversial militias to disarm, marking one of the most overt forays into matters of politics and policy by the influential cleric.

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