Sistani has decided not to support SCIRI, the only major Shi’ite rival to Moqtada al-Sadr. Bush’s anti-Iraq Study Group plan was to create an alliance with Sistani endorsing Hakim and the SCIRI party, and using them to outmaneuver Sadr. It has failed, and the “way forward” is clear now and inevitable. Sadr is the next ruler or Iraq. Only assassination can stop him, but it can’t stop his movement.
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