Iraqi Muslim Cleric Supports US/UK

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Held under house arrest by Saddam for a decade, could this cleric be a secret weapon for the Allies?

By Paul Vallely
04 April 2003

Iraq's most senior religious leader issued a fatwa yesterday urging the country's majority Shia community not to hinder the US and British armies. It could prove as significant a development for the invading forces as any of the military victories of the past few days.

The ruling, from Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani – the foremost Shia authority in Iraq – called on Muslims to keep calm, stay at home, not put themselves in danger and not to fight. It could add the decisive weight to the scales of war.

Adds a interesting and welcome twist to the campaign.

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Ask him if hed like to come to britain....