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Iraq’s top cleric calls on parliament to end support for cabinet
KARBALA, Iraq, Nov 29, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand
Ayatollah Ali Sistani urged parliament on Friday to drop its support for the
current cabinet after two months of anti-government protests that have left
nearly 400 dead.
“The parliament, from which this current government is drawn, is asked to
reconsider its choice in this regard and act according to Iraq’s interest…
(to) preserve the blood of its children,” Sistani said in a weekly sermon
delivered by his representative in the holy city of Karbala.
BSS/AFP/RY/1620 hrs