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"Yes, yes to As-Sistani" … Iraqis protest Al-Jazeera
By: Ismail Zabeeh
BAGHDAD, Iraq: Angry Iraqis poured onto the streets in
towns and cities across central and southern Iraq to protest against a
talk show aired by Al-Jazeera television which insulted Al-Marje’ al-Aa’la
Sayyed li Husseini As-Sistani.
The Qatar-based al-Jazeera aired a talk show this week in which the
presenter questioned As-Sistani's leadership credentials.
The protestors carried banners denouncing the channel and its host
nation, the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.
"Yes, yes to As-Sistani," read banners carried by the protesters in
Basra, Iraq's second largest city. They gathered outside the local
offices of Iraq's largest political party, the Supreme Council for the
Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI.
"Today, we burn down Al-Jazeera," chanted the protesters who carried
portraits of As-Sistani in Holy Najaf protest rally. Others demanded
that the channel as well as Qatar be sued. One Najaf protester carried
several pictures of Qatar's emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,
with a shoe hoisted on the images to show contempt for him.
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"Knowledge is
better than wealth because it protects you while you have to
guard wealth. it decreases if you keep on spending it but the
more you make use of knowledge ,the more it increases . what you
get through wealth disappears as soon as wealth disappears but
what you achieve through knowledge will remain even after you."MORE
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