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	WWW.SISTANI.ORG
		The Najaf response to opinion attributed to Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al-Hussaini Al-Sistani.
		The Office of Grand Ayatullah Sistani in Najaf in condemnation of the explosion that led to the martyrdom of prominent Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Al-Hakim and left hundreds of innocent people martyred and wounded.
		The Press Release of the office of Grand Ayatullah Sistani in the holy city of Najaf on the evil crimes that were perpetrated in the holy cities of Karbala and Kadhmiyyah
	www.sistani.org /html/eng

	CNS - In Post-War Iraq, Placating the Shi'a is Paramount - January 30, 2004 - Research Story
		If the United States and the Iraqi Governing Council are unable to find a way to placate Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and his many Shi'a followers there is a possibility that a cycle of violence may break out among Coalition troops and some of the Shi'a militias.
		It is important to note that two leading Shi'a figures in Iraq the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and the late Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim have adhered to the Shi'i Quietist tradition and have advocated an Iraqi democratic secular state and not an Islamic Republic a la Iran.
		Iraq's foremost Shi'a cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has issued a fatwa (religious decree) opposing this plan and demanded full and open elections in the absence of an UN-certified finding that supports the Coalition's claims.
	www.cns.miis.edu /pubs/week/040130.htm

	Iraq Crisis, 2002–Present
		The Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq, says members of the country's interim government must be selected by direct vote.
		A bloody, three-week battle in Najaf between the U.S. forces and the militia of militant cleric al-Sadr ends in August when Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani negotiates a settlement.
		Coalition forces close radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr's rabidly anti-American newspaper, Al Hawaz.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/iraqtimeline2.html

	CNN.com - Ayatollah reaches�peace deal�with al-Sadr - Aug 26, 2004
		NAJAF, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reached an agreement with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in war-torn Najaf, al-Sistani aides said Thursday.
		Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's convoy arrives Thursday in Najaf.
		Al-Khoei was returning to Iraq from exile in the last days of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, and had been expected to urge Iraq's Shiite population to cooperate with the occupation when he was killed by a mob of al-Sadr supporters at the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Control of Najaf mosque to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani - Text Only
		Iraqi rebel cleric Moqtada al Sadr has officially handed control of the Imam Ali shrine in the city of Najaf to representatives of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
		Control of Najaf mosque to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
		Peter Cave reports from Baghdad The Grand Ayatollah, swept into Najaf with tens of thousands of pilgrims he rallied to save the shrine which is sacred to Shiites around the world.
	www.abcasiapacific.com /news/stories_to/asiapacific_stories_lofi_1187128.htm

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		But the U.S. plan to hold caucuses to select a transitional national assembly by the end of May was opposed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the country's most powerful Shiite leader.
		A bloody, three-week battle in Najaf between the U.S. forces and the militia of militant cleric al-Sadr ended in August when Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani negotiated a settlement.
		Al-Sistani called for direct elections, and thousands of Shiites held a series of massive but peaceful protests throughout the country in support.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0107644

	USATODAY.com - Al-Sadr loyalty grows, even as al-Sistani returns to Iraq
		Even as the standoff between the Mahdi Army and U.S. forces appears to be subsiding — with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani scheduled to begin talks Friday in Najaf for a Mahdi withdrawal from the shrine — Mr.
		Until the arrival of Ayatollah al-Sistani's in Basra Wednesday afternoon, al-Sadr's Mahdi Army appeared to be facing an almost certain military defeat in the streets around the Shrine of Imam Ali.
		Doctor Hassan, who did not want to give his last name, is a member of the Mahdi Army, and this mobile medical unit is another indication that the Mahdi Army of Moqtada al-Sadr is more than a street gang or personality cult.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-08-26-cleric-loyalty_x.htm

	NewsFromRussia.Com A peace plan of Ali al- Sistani
		An aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said the cleric made the deal after speaking directly with al-Sadr, whose battles with U.S.-Iraqi forces since Aug. 5 have left hundreds dead.
		Iraq's government said it had also agreed to the deal brokered by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, under which radical Shi'ite militiamen would leave the sacred Imam Ali shrine in Najaf and U.S. forces would also pull out of the city.
		He said Sadr, whose fighters have been holed up in the Imam Ali mosque and battling U.S. and Iraqi forces in the alleys outside, agreed to all points of Sistani's peace plan to end fighting that has killed hundreds, driven oil prices to record highs and undermined Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's authority.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/08/27/55647.html

	PolitInfo.com - Profile: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani - Aug 11, 2004 Baghdad
		Kadhimiya is an overwhelmingly Shia neighborhood, and most of its residents follow the religious teachings of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most senior Shia cleric.
		PolitInfo.com - Profile: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani - Aug 11, 2004 Baghdad
		Ayatollah al-Sistani believes religious leaders should deal with matters of religion, and leave the running of the country to politicians.
	www.politinfo.com /articles/article_2004_08_11_2401.html

	Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, Bush Iraq occupation
		President, it's starting to look like Grand Ayatollah Ali al Husseini al Sistani is posing a grave and gathering threat to America and the world."
		Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, Bush Iraq occupation
		Should Ali al Sistani succumb to a case of bad rice pilaf, the Bush administration's post "swim with the fishes" strategy is: a hornet's nest erupts with Iraqi millions chanting nasty things about Bush and Sunni Iraqis (who mostly have little love lost for Sistani).
	www.americanfellowship.net /Article14shorter.html

	Ayatollah Ali Muhammad al-Sistani : SF Bay Area Indymedia
		NAJAF, April 05 (Online): The spiritual head of Iraq�s Shia majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, called for calm on Sunday following deadly clashes between coalition forces and followers of a Shia leader, a source close to Sistani said.
		Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is not expected to escalate his position to the point where he might issue a fatwa calling for jihad and armed resistance, since he does not believe in wilayat al-faqih [the right of Islamic jurists to rule].
		Ayatollah Ali Muhammad al-Sistani : SF Bay Area Indymedia
	indybay.org /news/2004/04/1676257.php

	t r u t h o u t - The Shi'ite Politics of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani
		After arriving Wednesday in Basra by way of Kuwait, the grand ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, who enjoys the aura of a marjaa taqlid, "source of imitation" for the Shi'ites, left Thursday for the holy city of Nadjaf.
		Ali Al-Sistani is not a man to create effects or appreciate causing a commotion, so his twenty day absence, which coincided with the beginning of conflict between Imam Moqtada Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia and the American Army plus Iraqi Security Forces continues to raise questions.
		The Mahdi Army leader's activism in the holy cities of Nadjaf and Kerbala, as well as in other Shi'ite majority cities, which have brought violent American responses in their wake, are intolerable to Ali Al-Sistani and his peers.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/082904H.shtml

	Grand Ayatullah as-Sayyid Ali al-Hussaini as-Seestani
		Sistani's office issued a statement denying that the cleric has issued a fatwa calling on Iraqis not to resist coalition forces, Al-Jazeera satellite television reported on April 3.
		As-Sayyid as-Seestani [also known as Al-Udhma Al-Sayyid Al-Seestani or as-Sayyid Ali al-Hussaini as-Seestani] was born in Rabi'ul Awwal, 1349 A.H. (1930 A.D.) in Mash'had where the Shrine of Imam Ali ar-Ridha (a.s.).
		It is said that, As-Sayyid as-Seestani's contenment and humility is reflected in his simple attire, the small house in which he lives but does not own, and the simple furniture therein.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/seestani.htm

	Ayatollah Ali al Sistani
		"Religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali al - Sistani has warned that serious problems will take place if weapons are not controlled in the Iraqi street.
		Ayatollah Sistani has vast influence over Iraq's 15 million Shiites, and so far he has urged them to show patience with the occupation.
		He said that there is no alternative for holding general elections to produce representatives to draft a new Iraqi constitution." BBC, " Iraq: Shi'i cleric Al-Sistani warns of "serious problems" over weapons control", 10/21/2003
	www.nths.net /library/teacher_assignments/MiddleEast/sistanil.htm

	Ayatollah Ali News
		Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini Al-Sistani, who wields enormous influence among Shiite Iraqis, had previously declined to get involved in
		Ayatollah Ali Archives: 2004 ( Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov)
		Articles from around the world focusing on Ayatollah Ali.
	ayatollah-ali-news.newslib.com

	Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani as Mabus
		Why could Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani be Mabus?
		Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is not expected to escalate his position to the point where he might issue a fatwa calling for jihad and armed resistance, since he does not believe in wilayat al-faqih [the right of Islamic jurists to rule].
		Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani does weld a huge following and could cause serious problems to the United States should he decide to take a more agressive approach to the occupation.
	www.mabus.biz /who/sistani

	Awesome Library - Local_Information
		Sistani - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani (Miami Herald)
		"Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is not expected to escalate his position to the point where he might issue a fatwa calling for jihad and armed resistance, since he does not believe in wilayat al-faqih [the right of Islamic jurists to rule]."
		It is the locale of much of Thousand and One Nights, the Arabian stories of Sheherazade, Ali Baba, Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin." 2-03
	www.awesomelibrary.org /Library/Local_Information/Middle_East/Iraq.html

	Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Returns to 'Save the Burning Holy City'
		But in the immediate days ahead it now appears Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is to have his and maybe modern on-its-knees Iraq's 'rendevous with history'.
		Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Returns to 'Save the Burning Holy City'
		Today the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani returns to Najaf to "Save the Burning Holy City".
	www.middleeast.org /premium/read.cgi?version=&num=1078&month=8&year=2004&function=text&year=2004&month=8

	Thousands Show Support for Early Elections in Iraq :: Iraq Net :: Iraq's Online News Resource
		Iraqis turned out in large numbers to show their support for demands by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for early elections.
		U.S. officials here say they welcome an open discussion on such issues and there are indications the current transition plan may be modified to take some of Ayatollah' al-Sistani's concerns into account.
		However, Ayatollah al-Sistani, wants a directly elected government from the outset.
	www.iraq.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1310&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&POSTNUKESID=6016585ad65219be0cd30afa1aac4a94

	Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani: Thank you very much.
		Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani: Thank you very much.
		Every body who cooperates in release of abducted three Japanese.
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	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has emerged as a pivotal figure in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq by demanding direct elections prior to the formation of a sovereign government.
		Prague, 5 February 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is widely recognized as the preeminent religious authority among Iraq's Shi'a, but for people outside his community he remains a mysterious figure.
		The grand ayatollah, 73, secludes himself in a well-guarded compound in the Shi'a holy city of Al-Najaf and works mostly at night studying religious questions.
	www.rferl.org /features/features_article.aspx?id=3F49ABB3-2FE9-461E-9BEA-6C12E36ADF80&m=2&y=2004 (1387 words)

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		Earlier this week, Al-Arabiyah television obtained a statement from Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's office in Al-Najaf denying recent statements made by the ayatollah's representative in Kuwait, Muhammad Baqir al-Mahri, in which he blamed al-Sadr supporters for targeting the Imam Ali Shrine.
		He said that Saddam Fedayeen and the criminals belonging to the Al-Mahdi Army fired rocket-propelled grenades at the dome of the Imam Ali Shrine in Al-Najaf, and also fired on the home of Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, as well as on the headquarters of Ayatollahs Muhammad Ishaq al-Fayyad and Muhammad Sa'id al-Hakim.
		The shrine, one of the holiest sites for Shi'a Muslims, was hit by what appeared to be mortar shells on 25 May. U.S. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a 25 May Baghdad press briefing that "coalition forces had no involvement in the damage to the Imam Ali Mosque" (see http://www.cpa-iraq.org).
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2004/05/19-280504.htm (1387 words)

	The Oakland Press: National: Cleric brokers peace deal
		NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces.
		A militant carrying a rocket propelled grenade launcher watches a vehicle bearing a picture of Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani as they head to Najaf from Kufa responding a call by the top Shiite cleric in southern Iraq Thursday.
		Al-Sistani's 30-vehicle convoy drove 220 miles from the southern city of Basra to Najaf, joined by at least a thousand cars from towns along the way, where supporters on the street cheered the ayatollah.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/082704/nat_20040827030.shtml (911 words)

	news-article.aspx?storyid=23385
		Shiite faithful holding a picture of Iraqs top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani chant as they head for Najaf responding to a call from Sistani to march to the holy city, on the road from Baghdad to Najaf in Iraq Thursday Aug. 26, 2004.
		NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Thursday to a peace deal presented by top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in the holy city of Najaf, according to a top aide to al-Sistani.
		Sistani made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday aiming to broker a peace deal to end more than three weeks of devastating fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=23385 (666 words)

	Iraq'd
		Attempting to co-opt Sistani, who's issued calls for quiet, is a smart strategy: As grand ayatollah, Sistani commands vastly more allegiance from Shia Iraqis than the 30-year old Orson Welles look-alike.
		SADR V. In public, Moqtada Al Sadr swears fealty to Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani.
		By moving into the Imam Ali Shrine, Sadr appears to be trying to settle the "long-running tussle" with Sistani on his terms.
	www.tnr.com /blog/iraqd?pid=1539 (620 words)

	CBC News: Pilgrims allowed into sacred shrine in Najaf
		An aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said the cleric made the deal after speaking directly with al-Sadr, whose battles with U.S.-Iraqi forces since Aug. 5 have left hundreds dead.
		This is the Web page from which Newsblaster extracted "An aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said the cleric made the deal after speaking directly with al-Sadr, whose battles with U.S.-Iraqi forces since Aug. 5 have left hundreds dead.
		It calls for foreign troops to withdraw from Najaf and Kufa, all weapons to be removed from the two cities and Iraqi police to take over control of Najaf's Imam Ali mosque.
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2004-08-28-09-36-57/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=679 (427 words)

	CBC News: Calm returns to embattled Najaf
		The country's top Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, brokered the deal to end the deadly confrontation between the milita and U.S. troops.
		Iraq's top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini Al-Sistani (AP photo)
		NAJAF, IRAQ - Thousands of Iraqi pilgrims flooded into the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf Friday, after militants loyal to Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr handed over the keys, ending a three-week standoff.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/08/27/najaf040827.html (465 words)

	Iraqi Shiites condemn 'filthy infidel' terrorists. 26/06/2004. ABC News Online
		At a Friday prayer meeting in Karbala, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani told worshipers that Al Qaeda's top leaders are "filthy infidels".
		Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has criticised Islamic terrorists.
		Al Qaeda's leadership is made up of Sunni Muslims from the Wahabi sect.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200406/s1141042.htm (329 words)

	Here and Now : Shiite Leader Calls for Weapons-Free Najaf - 8/26/2004
		Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani's convoy re-entered the besieged city of Najaf, surrounded by thousands of supporters.
		Iraqis carrying posters of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, file photo (AP)
		Sadr loyalty grows, even as Sistani returns by Scott Balduf, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
	www.here-now.org /shows/2004/08/20040826_1.asp (229 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. trying to deal with Sistani's growing influence
		With his long white beard and bushy black eyebrows, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani resembles Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite Muslim cleric who ousted the U.S.-backed shah of Iran a quarter-century ago and introduced theocracy to the modern Middle East.
		The other: Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a critic of the Iranian regime who until recently was under house arrest in Iran's theological center of Qom.
		Sistani lacks Khomeini's deep-set eyes and hawk-like stare and, his associates insist, any desire to be Iraq's temporal leader.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-01-25-sistani_x.htm (1088 words)

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