Squatting on the floor of a tiny house on a back alley in Najaf, he said the al-Hawza would be prepared to surrender power to a government the people approve of, but hastened to add: "It must be a government that has been freely elected and is not under any foreign influence."
I dare say that if the shoe was on the other foot not many here would disagree with his statement.
27 posted on 04/16/2003 11:19:15 PM PDT by Terp
(Retired US Navy now living in Philippines were the Moutains meet the Sea in the Land of Smiles)