[SaxxonWoods]

Mookie is Sistani’s protege. Which is why Mookie still lives. I predict Mookie continues to lay low. I think a deal was made with Sistani for Mookie’s life long ago.

[nuconvert]

“Mookie is Sistani’s protege.”

Sorry. Way off base.

[Max in Utah]

Muqtada al-Sadr is the dust on Sistani’s doormat.

[Marine_Uncle]

Sadr is but a minor cleric. He raised up against Sistani only because he ended up carefully maneuvering himself into being a key leader in the Mahdi army and strong recognition by a few Shiite political parties.
Sistani warned him many times to lay low and cause no trouble. Think of it this way. The Pope does not mingle with and give audience to a parish priest on a regular basis.
If I may. From: Wikipedia:
"Muqtada al-Sadr is the fourth son of a famous Iraqi Shi‘a cleric, the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. He is also the son-in-law of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir As-Sadr. While he does not hold any official title in the Iraqi government, he is one of the most influential religious and political figures in the country."
The main reason, Sadr became so popular among many Shiite in his district is because he preached nationalism. Arabs first and for all foreign troops to leave Iraqi soil.
His audience is mostly poor illiterate Shia.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Mookie is Sistani’s protege.

Baloney. Stop writing things that are so demonstrably incorrect.

[Valin]

Site your source.

[romanesq]

You are wrong about Sistani. He has dealt with the problem of Mookie but he is not in league with Mookie. Sistani is a revered figure and Mookie is like Hillary: someone who rode the way to power through family ties, in this case his father.

Sistani has undercut Mookie at almost every single turn since 2003. Sistani is allied to Mookie about as much as John Edwards is to Hillary.