Bush praises Mosul, Najaf

"KarbalaNews.net is now carrying an article claiming to be from the office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani saying that the communique urging believers to vote for the United Iraqi Alliance was fraudulent. Sistani had been refusing to endorse the UIA, but seemed suddently to reverse course late last week."
Juan Cole

This is a surprise, I only hope it gets wide, wide coverage in Iraq. Maybe the Ayatollah should issue a fatwa forbidding the clergy form endorsing any one party, or something to that effect.