Looks like someone shot his house in Najaf up. So, I guess I can claim to be right.
Al-Sistani, whose office in Najaf came under fire in overnight fighting, urged Iraqis not to travel to the city to join in protests. It was not clear where the gunfire came from and no one was injured.
Al-Sadr had called for peaceful demonstrations against incursions and damage to mosques and shrines in recent fighting, allegedly by American troops. The U.S. military says militiamen have used some Muslim holy places as firing positions and weapons-storage sites.
“The office of Seyed al-Sistani directs all citizens not to go to the holy city of Najaf at the moment,” the statement said, using the title for a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
It said peaceful demonstrations could be held at mosques in city centers to “protest the violation over these holy cities and the houses of the grand ayatollahs. Participants could demand the removal of all armed groups from these two cities and let the police and tribesmen play [a] role in maintaining peace and order.”
The AP article says “Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric today demanded that all armed groups withdraw from the embattled holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, where nine militiamen loyal to a rebel cleric were killed in heavy fighting with U.S. forces,” but doesn’t give a translation of his full statement.