Assassination of an Aid to Grand Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq

[cyberpj]

Source: NowPublic News

BAGHDAD June 7, 2007 - A representative of Grand Ayatollah Seyyid Ali Al-Sistani, was assassinated today in the Holy city of Najaf.

Sheikh Raheem Al-Hesnawy a representative of the Grand Ayatollah in Meshkhab area, was killed today in Najaf by terrorists. This is the first time a close aid to Grand Ayatollah Sistani was shot and killed. No one was arrested.

Grand Ayatollah Seyyid Ali Al-Sistani is the highest most powerful and respected religious scholar in Iraq. His wisdom and powerful authority and guidance is seeked by most Iraqi politicians, and those who deal in Iraqi issue.

He is frequently visited by politicians whenever there is a crisis to be defused. The Iraqi PM Al-Maleki and international delegations alike (including UN representative) visit him to seek his guidance and discuss Iraqi issue with him.


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[saigon68]

1. oops

"Bring em On"

[DavidDvorkin]

2. nowpublic.com needs to learn the difference between "aid" and "aide"

Their confusing the two words doesn't give me much confidence in their journalism.

[NashVegas]

4. As Well As "News" and "Fawning Press Release"

Regarding Sistani.

[WhiteTara]

5. seeked instead of sought

kind of made my teeth grind. I thought maybe it was a translation program thing though. If not, hmmm.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Wow. I didn't even see that one.

That's awful.

[cyberpj]

3. Reuters link: Aide to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sistani killed

Aide to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sistani killed
06 Jun 2007 10:46:20 GMT
Source: Reuters

NAJAF, Iraq, June 6 (Reuters) - A local representative of revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the reclusive spiritual leader of Iraq's Shi'ite majority, was gunned down outside his home, Sistani's office and police said on Wednesday.

Raheem al-Hasnawi, who represented Sistani in the town of al-Mishkhab, 40 km (25 miles) south of the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, was killed late on Tuesday, they said.

A spokesman for Sistani's office said three gunmen riding in a car shot Hasnawi outside his home in al-Jazeera, on the northern outskirts of Najaf, just before midnight. "He was killed immediately," the spokesman said.

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Sistani is the sponsor of the ruling United Alliance bloc to which Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Shi'ite political leaders belong. He is acknowledged as the patron of a delicately structured Shi'ite political movement which also includes anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06240632.htm