[VietVet876]

Stock up on the popcorn.

[TADSLOS]

Neocon Nation Building!

Same ol’ same ol’...

[Ken H]

___ Sorry to hear this.

_X_ Not sorry to hear this.

[SunkenCiv]

They wanted to make s'mores, and they just couldn't wait.

[BeauBo]

The consulate building in Najaf... previously attacked an Iranian consulate in Karbala...

Its got to be other Shi’ites, to be operating in force, in those towns.

[Dogbert41]

Oh the irony!

[Truthoverpower]

I love it. When I heard this today I cheered !

[AdmSmith]

Summary of the senior Iraqi cleric Ali Sistani’s message:
1-The government has failed to solve the problems
2-Parliament should look for an interim option asap
3-Accelerate the adoption of new electoral law
4-Hold early electionshttps://twitter.com/nafisehkBBC/status/1200353969056485376

Dramatic developments in #Iraq after Sistani’s speech..
-PM Abd Mahdi announce he will give resignation to parliament
-Abu Jihad Hashemi the office director of the of PM, announces his resignation
-Most of the Iraqi parties, announced the move to dismiss the PM
https://twitter.com/Mustafa_Habib33/status/1200392572381933569

They are fed up with the Iranians influence in the Iraqi government.

For years, Sistani, who has endorsed a religious and political viewpoint independent of Iran, has been Khamenei’s top challenger for the leadership of the global Shi’ite community.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-sistani/iran-vying-for-leadership-of-shiites-in-iraq-idUSKBN1D71V7

Sistani has more followers in Iran than any other cleric as well as links to some of the top clerics in Iran’s holy city of Qom.

This is a background about Sistani written two weeks ago https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80346