Posted on 04/08/2007 9:21:13 AM PDT by harwood
Al-Sistani suffers from severe congestion and increase in heartbeat; has lost consciousness twice this morning.
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Not good.
Remind us again which mutt is this?
Strange timing.
Leading Shiite cleric in Iraq
Al Sistani is the “mutt” who encouraged the Shiites to vote and vote for a secular government. He’s also the only Shiite opposition standing in the way of Mookie and the Iranians.
77 year old with advanced congestive heart failure
Here’s a translation of the page:
“Islammemo : Iraqi medical sources said that the health : Shiite, “Ali Al-Husseini al-Sistani,” has deteriorated this morning, and was transferred to the Najaf General Hospital by ambulance.
The doctor said in Najaf Hospital, who requested anonymity : Al-Sistani suffers from severe congestion and increase in a heartbeat led to his loss of consciousness twice since this morning.
He pointed out that he is now in intensive care with the supervision of medical staff in full, unlikely to be hazardous lead to his death.
This, and the doctor explained that Sistani’s office tries not to leak information for reasons of internal Shiite.
Al-Sistani was born in the city of Mashhad in eastern Iran, August 4, 1930, behind “Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei,” the leadership in the possession of Najaf, the most important centers in the world for studies of the Shiite religious ethnic places.
Al-Sistani’s Iranian citizenship and ancestry origin, does not possess any Iraqi document, has declared his opposition to the Iraqi citizenship granted to him ‘the Iraqi National Assembly.
The ‘al-Sistani’ had issued in March 2003 a few days before the U.S. campaign against Iraq is not allowed to address the American occupation forces and the British, which led to the fallout areas in the south, one after the other before the occupation forces, which created the situation of the fall of Baghdad later.”
maybe they’ll give him a pacemaker
Al Sadr has probably poisoned him, and will assume head of the Shiites.
“Al Sistani is the “mutt” who encouraged the Shiites to vote and vote for a secular government. He’s also the only Shiite opposition standing in the way of Mookie and the Iranians.”
Sometimes it seems like Satan hands out a lot more health and wealth to his people than God does to His.
No not good at all, Al-Sistani may need to hand pick a succesor ,if need be, soon as to cut off Mookie before he dies otherwise a poop storm could arise there.
Prayers up!
For more on Al-Sistani (and many of the other player” I’d recomend
The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
by Fouad Ajami
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074323667X/bookstorenow600-20
Book Description
The fall of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime brought the first glimpse of freedom for Iraq and unleashed elation, resentment, and chaos. On the one hand, there is hope: the Iraqi people have their first chance at independence. On the other hand, there is despair: the country is exploding with violent sectarian and political power struggles. Through it all, Iraq has remained an enigma to much of the world. What is it about this country that makes for such a seemingly intractable situation? How did Iraq’s particular history lead to its present circumstances? And what can we fear or hope for in the coming years?
Fouad Ajami, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Middle Eastern politics, offers a brilliant, illuminating, and lyrical portrait of the ongoing struggle for Iraq and of the American encounter with that volatile Arab land. Ajami situates the current unrest within the context of Iraq’s recent history of dictatorship and its rich, diverse cultural heritage. He applies his incisive political commentary, his broad and deep historical view, his mastery of the Arabic language and Arabic sources, and his lustrous prose to every aspect of his subject, wresting a coherent, fascinating, and textured picture from the media storm of fragmented information.
In the few years after the Iraq war began, Ajami made many trips to that country and met Iraqis of all ethnicities, religions, politics, and regions. Looking beneath the familiar media images of Iraq and the war, Ajami visits with individuals representing the breadth of Iraq’s populace, from Sunni leaders and Shia clerics to Kurdish politicians and poets, Iraqi policemen, and ordinary people voting for the first time in their lives. He also hears from American soldiers on the ground, and the result of all his encounters is an astonishing portrayal of a land that has emerged as a crucial battleground between American power and the wider forces of Arab religious and political extremism.
With his unrivaled access — he has been granted an audience with the great, reclusive Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and been admitted into the sacred shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf for a discussion with its religious scholars — Ajami provides an intimate portrait that draws on both his learning and his lifelong interest in the traditions and the history of Iraq. With his commentator’s eye, his scholarly depth of understanding, his poetic ear, and his abiding love for the Middle East, Fouad Ajami is an essential voice for our times. The Foreigner’s Gift is the book we all need to read in order to understand what is happening in Iraq today and what the future might hold for all of us.
Damn.
I agree Mom.
Just damn.
Muslm.net forums picking this up now; reprint of the Islammemo article, with “Enemy of Allah” inserted after Al-Sistani’s name.
That’s what I’m thinking.
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