From Healing Iraq:
"As if the suffering of thousands of Najafis who were caught in between
and the deaths of Iraqi policemen and soldiers were all in vain. As if
the silent approval of Najafis and the marji'iya meant nothing.
The Iraqi government has failed its first test. I know it is probably
too early to say that, but that's what we also said in April and May. A
20 something year-old outlaw is free to do whatever he pleases and gets
away with it just because he has a black turban on his head and can
claim a couple of thousand armed followers. What kind of a farce is
this? And what kind of precedent is it going to give others?"
