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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 220 - The Birth of the New Government of Iraq: Delayed and Lame - 05/04/05

... close association with the Shi'ite religious establishment, particularly Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The Kurds may have also been suspicious about the prime ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

Special Dispatch No. 888 - Iraqi Sunnis Shift Position: 64 Clerics Legitimize Enlistment in New Iraqi Security Forces - 04/08/05

... will necessitate a change in the insurgents' tactics, if not strategy. Al-Sistani Makes a Similar Appeal A few days later, on March 22, a similar ... fatwa was issued by the Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani. In response to a question from an Iraqi citizen concerning whether ... with the agencies responsible for preserving security in the country," Al-Sistani answered: "Yes. It is necessary, provided that religious imperatives are ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 213 - The Plight of Iraqi Christians - 03/22/05

... the Elections In a meeting with a Christian delegation, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani denounced the attacks on the churches and called upon Christians ... to participate in the elections to ensure maximum participation. 27 Al-Sistani has also been quoted as saying that he would have ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 211 - Ibrahim al-Ja'fari: Iraq's Designated Prime Minister - A Biographical Note - 02/28/05

... executive post, and was subsequently endorsed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Barring last minute surprises, the endorsement of al-Ja'fari by ... the UIA, and by al-Sistani, will almost certainly guarantee his approval by the simple ... all the Iraqis." 13 Keeping in mind that Ayatollah al-Sistani was born in Iran, the notion that the Iraqi ... Not less significant is the "advice" given by Ayatollah al-Sistani to a delegation of UIA leaders who visited him in ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

No. 560 - Rafsanjani: the U.S. Sold Biological and Chemical Weapons to Saddam Hussein. Elections in Iraq Were Held against America's Will - 02/11/05

... authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 207 - Iraqi Elections (VI): The Results and Their Implications - 02/16/05

Introduction By all accounts the general elections held in Iraq on January 30, 2005 were a seminal event in the history of the country and, by extension, an important benchmark by which the future evolution of democracies in other countries of the Middle East will be measured. The people of Iraq went by the millions to cast their ballots in a first step toward establishing a democratic regime. The mechanism of the elections was as follows: Each Iraqi voter was given the opportunity to cast two ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

No. 531 - Ayatollah Meshkini: Iraqis Should Follow Ayatollah Sistani to Reach Victory - 02/05/05

... , and that it will follow the religious authorities, especially Ayatollah Sistani. Gentlemen, 26 years ago we followed a religious authority called Ruhollah ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 203 - Iraqi Elections (IV): Platforms and Campaign Strategies - 01/28/05

... put together by a committee designated by Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani and chaired by Dr. Hussein al-Shahristani, a former nuclear ... physicist. The picture of al-Sistani adorns the election placards, posters, and written material ... could vote overwhelmingly for a list supported by Ayatollah al-Sistani. By presenting a list of 220 candidates rather ... center of Shi'ite religious seminaries in Najaf where al-Sistani rules supreme. A complaint to that effect was ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

No. 512 - Elections Broadcast on Official Iranian TV Calling on Voters to Vote for the Shi'ite United Iraqi Alliance - 01/27/05

... the instructions of the honorable Shi'ite source of emulation [Ayatullah Sistani], all Iraqis are hereby invited to participate in the crucial ...

No. 503 - Saudi Terrorist Arrested in Iraq: I Was Motivated by Pictures I Saw on Al-Jazeera TV and on the Internet - 01/23/05

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