How predictable is this?
Look, no purple! “I stood aside for the elections and did not stand against them as I did not want to show disobedience toward the Marjaiyah (senior clerics).
“I did not join these elections so that I wouldn’t be one of the West’s pawns.
“The West is so proud that they have held the elections but I would ask: who is responsible for the blood that day?
“I call on all religious and political powers that pushed towards the elections and took part in them to issue an official statement calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq.”
The firebrand cleric gave notice that he would no longer hold his tongue about political developments in Iraq after keeping quiet for months.
Oh my, no purple finger for Moqtada al-Sadr. I’m so shocked. I suppose next we will hear that the guerilla war is still raging on.