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It's probably not a good thing that various Shiite ayatollahs are releasing religious pronouncements against the "Status of Forces" agreement that the Iraqi government is hoping to sign with the US. It's even worse that the pronouncements are coming in response to queries from legislators:
Fadlallah’s edict came in response to questions by some Shiite members of Iraq’s parliament who asked the cleric to give his opinion about the proposed security pact. […]“No authority, establishment or an official or nonofficial organization has the legitimacy to impose occupation on its people, legitimize it or extend its stay in Iraq,” Fadlallah said in the edict released by his office.Yikes. Our legislators beg the Congressional Budget Office for numbers, theirs ask the Clerical Fatwa Office for guidance. In any case, Matt Duss has more.
