Al Sistani calls for a March to the Burning City

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Wednesday August 25, 2004 17:54 by eekk

His aides say the Ayatollah is calling on Iraq's 60 per cent Shia majority to converge on the holy city, now in the 18th day of a bloody stand-off between militia loyal to the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and US and Iraqi forces at the Imam Ali mosque, one of Shia Islam's holiest places.