Ayat Bahar-ul-Uloom quits Iraqi council over Najaf attack

By: Ismail Zabeeh

HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: As a mark of protest against Friday's bomb attack in the holy city of Najaf that left martyred Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim and more than 125 others, a senior member of the Iraqi governing council Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Bahr-ul-Uloom announced to suspend his membership of the interim body.

The Ayatullah said the United States had failed to bring law and order to the country.

“This unconcern (about protecting Shiite holy sites) prompts me to suspend my membership of the Governing Council, which was unable to assume its responsibility of ensuring that coalition forces protect our people, holy sites and religious authorities,” he said.

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