Posted on 05/20/2004 5:39:51 AM PDT by BrynS728
A Naples podiatrist announced Tuesday he is closing his foot and ankle practice shortly to relocate to his native Iraq to run for the presidency in the 2005 elections.
Rasool Sharif, 58, said he has returned to Iraq twice in the past two months and recently was asked by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's influential Shia cleric, to return for more meetings.
"I was the only American who has met with him," said Sharif, who owns the Foot & Ankle Clinic at 198 Ninth St. N. "I met with a lot of people there, a lot of intellectual people."
Sharif said he is being recruited by the National Alliance of a United Iraq, which, he said, is not a political group but consists of Iraqi citizens, largely doctors, ministers, lawyers and business people who have come together for a new Iraq.
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He said America was "noble" and "courageous" for freeing the Iraqi people.
Howdy neighbor!
Bonita Springs here.
Yeah, I saw that - curious. I wonder what the connections are there? He appears to have high ideas, but can he stand up to the influence (pressure) from the religious "leaders"?
Hi Florida_Freeper! Bonita - what a beautiful place - can't believe what's happened there in the last 5 years! As for me, Cape Coral now,(for the past 1 1/2 years) - SFM prior. Glad to meet you! Small world, no?
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