Steve Schippertwrites yesterday at the National Review Online of the significance of Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s leadership within the world’s Shia community. On Tuesday Sistani met with Sunni clerical leaders and called for Iraq’s Shiites to protect their Sunni brothers.
Meanwhile, a senior Sunni religious leader, Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarraie,called Wednesday for the integration of Sunni fighters into the Iraqi military.
